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Patricola make oboes and clarinets from the woods of Grenadilla (Dalbergia melanoxylon) and Bubinga (Guibourtia tessmannii), aged for up to 12 years, and with silver-plated or optionally gold-plated key work. [1] The woodworking is done with the help of CNC machines, while the hand-made key work is manufactured in-house. [4]
Buescher Grand: Silver plated, with gold plated engraving on the bell; Buescher 400: This model had a 12.7 mm (0.500 in) bore. Early examples had slanted braces on the bell section, and slide tubes that were offset by length, with the upper tube roughly 5 cm (2 in) behind the lower (thus making the end bow of the slide slanted as well).
Henri Selmer Paris is a French enterprise, manufacturer of musical instruments based at Mantes-la-Ville near Paris.Founded in 1885, it is known as a producer of professional-grade woodwind and brass instruments, especially saxophones, clarinets and trumpets.
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Gold limited to 150 pieces. Chrome limited to 1,857 pieces. Standard Edition; The "Gold Edition" harmonica is based upon the MS reed plates. It features a crystal glass comb and engraved gold-plated cover plates. The bottom cover plate has the serial numbers from 1 to 150. It is packaged in a leather case with an anniversary booklet.
The company is renowned chiefly for its manufacture of oboes, but it is also a maker of the clarinet, cor anglais and oboe d'amore. [2] It has developed F and G tenoroons (the G instrument is dubbed a "mini-bassoon"), smaller versions of the bassoon, designed for younger players. Howarth of London sells both thumbplate and conservatoire system ...
A modern oboe with the "full conservatoire" ("conservatory" in the US) or Gillet key system has 45 pieces of keywork, with the possible additions of a third-octave key and alternate (left little finger) F- or C-key. The keys are usually made of nickel silver, and are silver- or occasionally gold-plated. Besides the full conservatoire system ...
Buffet Crampon: Clarinets with a French fingering system (Boehm), namely (almost) the entire clarinet family in tunings from high E ♭ to contralto, also oboes, English horns, bassoons (with French fingering and drilling) and saxophones; Rigoutat: Oboes, English horns, oboes d'amore and baritone oboes; Parmenon: transverse flutes