Thursday 11/09/2006 5:27:45pm Name: Angela E-Mail: tweetybirdfan222@hotmail.com Homepage Title: Homepage URL: Referred By: Search Engine Location: Port Deposit, MD Comments: Recently a clarinet was donated to my son who play in the Perryville High School Marching Band. The Clarinet was donated to him by a Mr Michael Blinn, who is a bass clarinetist in the Middletown Syphonic Band, and lives in CT. the following letter was sent to me with this Clarinet Dear fellow clarinetist, I have just finished testing your new clarinet, and I think it's playing just fine, from low E to altissimo F, and higher. It is made of hard rubber, not plastic, and was probably manufactured soon after WWII, which makes it approximately 60 years old. Although it has no brand name on it, this clarinet has been identified and as NOblet, an old Franch Company that was bought out by George Leblanc many decades ago. Daniel NOblet was making instruments before Mozart was born. The Bay State Band was from Glouchester, Massachusetts. Did this clarinet belong to the band? OR was it played and owned by a member? I don't know. The label on the Faux-alligator case gives some clues as to its origin. I would not take that off, as it gives the case a certain cashet that is impossible to replicate. A warning: the metal used in this clarinet is quite soft and will bend easily. Be careful assembling the horn, especially the upper and lower joints. If you do bend something, don't panic. Carefully bend the metal back using needle nose pliers. I don't know what strength reed you use, but I included a couple of Gonzalez #3's. These are some of the best reeds on the market today, and I hope they will work for you. The mouthpiece is a Vanduren B-45. Enjoy. Michael Blinn Bass Clarinetist Middletown Symphonic Band that was the letter that came in the clarinet case that was sent to us by this generous man. The canse is a faux-alligator case with a very interesting aged sticker on the front. Hopefully by the description of the stamp someone my recognize it and know where it may have come from or whom it may have once belonged to. I would love to know the history behind this instrument as it is now going to have a much longer history. On the bell of the clarinet are the words BAY STATE, they are etched in the bell. The stamp on the case is a beige stamp approx 4 x 5 inches and from what i can read, the letters are red. it says: New Hampshire A____ition Festival Satruday May 10, 1958 Laccina, New Hampshire handwritten on this sticker looks like - Ham_ton, N.H. Band 33 R________ Thanks, a clarinetists mom, Angela

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