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19th Century Clarinets
- Brisson
- Gautrot
- Martin Frères 1840
- Mosser / S Mosser
- W. Fischer, Worcester Mass.
Albert System Clarinets
- Albert / E.J. Albert
- Alexandre Selmer
- Beaufort Frank Holton HR
- Buffet / Auguste Buffet C
- Conn articulated Albert HR/HP
- Console Plateau
- Couesnon HP
- Grampa's no-name French HP
- Kohlert Sons Grazlitz
- LaCroix / M. LaCroix C clarinet
- Legris / Jules Legris A
- Martin Fréres a Paris
  - Martin Freres late 1800's C clarinet
- No-name late 19th century France
- Penzel-Mueller
  - High Pitch PM A and Bb pair
  - Low Pitch 4743
  - Penzel Muller & Pruefer Co.
  - Penzel-Mueller 1927 Albert
  - Penzel-Mueller improved Albert system
  - Penzel-Mueller Pruefer Eb
- Schubert / Carl Schubert
- Selmer with articulated C#/G#
- Sterling
- Thibouville JTL ‘The Specialty’
- Titanic wreck clarinet
- White / HN White La Fabier HR
Before and After
BIG Clarinets
- Bundy Contra-Alto Clarinet
- Evette Hard Rubber Bass
- G. Rudolf Uebel STRAIGHT BELL Bass Clarinet
- Penzel-Mueller artist alto clarinet
Clarinet Manufacturing History
- Berteling history
- Bettoney / Cundy-Bettoney
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Buffet History
- Couesnon
- Kohlert
- Malerne Company History
- Martin Frères
- Meinl / W. Meinl
- Noblet/Leblanc History
- Pan American / Pan Am
- Pedler History
- Penzel-Mueller
- Prueffer history
- Rampone
- Selmer Company History
- SML Marigaux
- Thibouville
- Yamaha History
Clarinet Shopping Advice
- Parents: How to buy a great clarinet for $200 or less!
- Phil's Clarinets For Sale
  - My Return, Buy-back, and International Shipping Policies
  - Selling your clarinet
- Who's Phil?
Duratone by Olds
Hard Rubber Clarinets
- Chinese Hard Rubber
- Old Hard Rubber Clarinets
- Professional Hard Rubber: Ridenour Lyrique 576BC
How to Compare Models, Bore Sizes, and Intonation Results
LINKS
- Do-it-yourself reconditioning
- Repair Shops & Places to buy Clarinet Junk
- Sheet Music
- Videos
Metal Clarinets
- American Knight
- Bettoney / H. Bettoney ‘Silva-Bet’
- Cavalier
- Civil war era metal Albert Eb
- Conn
- Dumont / René Dumont
- GOOD METAL CLARINETS!
- Greville
- Henry Gunckel
- LaChapelle
- Le Fevres
- Noblet 4280
- Pan Am Brilliante
- Pedler
- Pedler Alto Clarinets
- Pedler Student A
- Selmer full Boehm
- Thibouville
Mini-Blog
- While we all were sleeping …
Older Composite Clarinet Reviews
- Airline
- Alexandre HR
- Amati Kraslice
- Barre / Jean Barre
- Belmont Silver Throat HR
- Boosey & Hawkes Edgeware HR
- Buescher
- Bundy
  - Bundy semi-plateau
- Cartier / Jean Cartier
  - Cartier / Jean Cartier HR
  - Cartier / Jean Cartier plastic
- Cavalier HR German
- Champion (Czeckoslovakian)
- Conn
  - 1960's no-name clarinet, probably Conn
  - Conn 16
  - Conn Cavalier HR
  - Conn Director HR
  - Conn HR USQM
  - Conn Pan American HR
- Console
- Crest JMS
- Cundy-Bettoney
- Dumont / Jean Dumont
- Dupont Student Model HR
- Jardin / Emil Jardin HR
- King Tempo
- La Monte Grenatex HR
- La Monte silver throat HR
- Linton
- Lorein / Rene Lorein
- Maitre HR
- Martin Frères Grenatex HR
- Noblet DN/ND
- Normandy Resotone
  - Normandy 140P Plateau model
- Pan American
- Pedler / The Pedler HR
- Penzel-Mueller Dyna-Tone
- Pruefer
  - Pruefer Festival HR
  - Pruefer Silver Throat HR
  - Pruefer Special Model
- Renne / Guy Renne HR
- Saxony HR
- Schirmer / G Schirmer
- Schmoller & Mueller HR
- Sherwood HR
- Valette / G Valette HR
  - Valette / G Valette A HR
- Zenith Whittle
Phil's New-Clarinet Tweaking Service
- Recommended Clarinet Tech Services
Plastic Clarinet Reviews
- Accent
- Allora
- Armstrong
- Artley
- Buffet B12
- Buffet B16
- Chinese
  - Allora
  - Arioso
  - Baptiste / Jean Baptiste
  - Barcelona CS-1000
  - Barrington USA
  - Beifang
  - Berkeley
    - Berkeley A clarinet HR
  - Borg HR
  - Boule
  - Cecilio
  - Cibaili
  - Conductor
  - Counterfeit Buffet B12 on eBay
  - Crescent
  - Crystalcello / Crystal Cello
  - Durand / E.F. Durand
  - Edwards / Glen Edwards
  - Fever
  - First Act
  - Galaxia
  - Glen Edward
  - Hamlin
  - Hanson
  - Haohan
  - Hawk
  - Helmke
  - Hutchen / LJ Hutchen LJH-CL3
  - Jean Paul
  - Jupiter
    - Jupiter 631 II
  - Kessler
  - Lark / Bailing
  - Laval
  - Lazarro
  - Lurie / Mitchel Lurie Tyro MCL-380
  - Mannheim
  - Martin Freres Eb (new)
  - Mendini
  - Merano
  - Michael / J. Michael
  - Monique
  - Opus USA
  - Oxford
  - Palatino
  - Palmer Paris Series
  - Portland
  - Rhapsody
  - Ridenour 147
  - Ridenour Lyrique 146
  - Rossetti
  - RSR
  - Selmer Prelude CL711
  - Selter
  - Simka
  - Sky USA
  - Venus
  - Vinci
  - Windsor MI-1003 Student Bb Clarinet
  - Xinghai / Star Sea
  - Zehrmer
  - Zweiss
- D'Luca 200WH 200 Series ABS 17 Keys Bb Clarinet
- Dazzler (white Vito)
- Forte B-flat
- Holton Collegiate
- Kenosha Wis (Vito)
- LeBlanc Bliss PROTOTYPE!
- Noblet N Plastinite
- Reynolds
- Ridenour
- Robert / A Robert
- Selmer
  - Selmer 1400
  - Selmer CL300
- Vito
  - Stubbins model Vito
  - Vito 2
  - Vito 40
  - Vito 7214P
- Yamaha
  - Yamaha YCL-20
  - Yamaha YCL-24
  - Yamaha YCL-250
Saxophones
- Opus USA Soprano Sax (China!)
- Selmer Super Actions Series II Soprano Sax
STUFF Phil Recommends
- About keys
  - Bending keys
  - Key travel information
  - Oiling keys
  - Polishing keys
  - re-plating keys
  - Removing frozen screws
  - Sliding between pinkie keys
- Barrels & tuning rings
  - Allan Segal's in-depth barrel information
  - Auzie ClarinetBarrels
  - Comparison of some Moennig-style barrels
  - Tuning rings
- Bells
- Bore Sizes
  - Bore measuring tools
- Caring for your clarinet
- Cases
- Cleaning clarinet cases
- Corks
- Help for Cracked Clarinets
  - Pinning cracks
- JAZZ: What clarinet and mouthpiece is best for JAZZ?
- Ligatures
- Mouthpieces
  - Chedeville Mouthpieces
  - Cleaning mouthpieces and removing discoloration
  - Mouthpieces for Vintage Clarinets
  - Ridenour videos on mouthpieces
- Not recommended: Mutes
- Odd, but potentially useful
  - Galper register tube
  - Mazzeo system
  - Stubbins register mechanism
    - Normandy Stubbins
- Oiling wood, oiling keys, swabbing
  - Bore Doctor Oil
  - Doctor Syntek Aerospace Key Oil
  - The Doctor's view on Oiling vs. Waxing
- Pads
  - Detailed info on Valentino Masters Series pads
  - How to find leaks
  - How to install Valentino pads
- Reeds
- Resonance fingerings for throat tones
- Stopping Squeaks
- Thumb Rests or Neck Straps
- Tuning your clarinet
- Which clarinet brand is best?
Vintage Wood/Odd Brand Reviews
- Air Flow
- Alexandre
- Ambassador
- Amelotte
- American Leader
- Artcraft
- Atlas
- Ault Supreme
- Barbier Couesnon / F. Barbier
- Barde / Jean Barde
- Barlufet
- Barre / Jean Barre
  - Barre / Jean Barre 1217
- Berthiot
- Betz / Heinrich Betz
- Boosey & Co.
- Boosey & Hawkes
  - Boosey & Hawkes Edgeware
  - Stratford
- Brittany
  - Brittany 2212
- Buffet
  - Buffet Antique Unibody A
  - Buffet ca. 1840
  - Buffet Carl Fischer, NY from 1924
  - Buffet G Fischer, NY from 1903
  - Evette & Schaeffer
    - Evette & Schaeffer Master Model
    - Evette Schaeffer K21632
  - Evette made by Buffet Crampon
  - Evette Master Model
  - Evette sponsored by Buffet
  - Full Plateau Unibody Buffet A Clarinet with Donut Key
- Buffet / Auguste Buffet
- Bundy
  - Bundy / GM Bundy Paris
  - Bundy USA
  - Geo Bundy articulated C#/G#
- Busine / Martin Busine
- Cartier / Jean Cartier
- Chabot / Andre Chabot
- Charlain / Vernand Charlain
- Charlain Deluxe
- Concert (from Germany)
- Conn
  - Conn 424N
  - Conn Director
  - Conn Pan American of Red Propellar Wood
- Coudet
- Couesnon
  - Couesnon & Cie
  - Couesnon Monopole
  - Couesnon S.A.
  - Couesnon(?) with Selmer parts Unibody FULL Boehm
- Cundy Bettoney Cadet
- Czechoslovakian Stencil Clarinets
- Darog
- Davis
- Deepwood USA
- Dixie
- Doucet
- Dumont / Jean Dumont
- Dumont / Pierre Dumont
- Dumont / René Dumont
  - René Dumont #117
- Dupre / Paul Dupre
- Evette — See Buffet
- Fillmore
- Fischer / Carl Fischer Artist Italy
- Fontaine / A. Fontaine
- Freeman / H Freeman
- Gerard / Paul Gerard Eb
- Godfroy
  - Godfroy with Wrap-Around Register Key
- Gracin (German)
- Grenadier
- Gretsch Commander
- Hammerschmidt
- Harmonia Artiste
- Henry Gunckel 7 ring
- Hofinger - Langenus / F. Hofinger - G. Langenus
- Hofinger / F. Hofinger A
- Holton Collegiate
- Humphrey / Guy Humphrey
- Jardin / Emil Jardin
  - Jardin / Emil Jardin (older review)
- Jeffery
- Josef Kolar Simple System C
- King Strasser
- Kohlert
  - Kohlert's Sons Kraslice
  - V Kohlert's Sons Graslitz
- Kraftsman / Ola Kraftsman
- La Chapelle
- La Couture
- La Mer
- La Monte
- LaCroix / M. LaCroix
- Lamott
- Laube
- Leblanc / Noblet
  - Leblanc Classic
  - Leblanc Dynamic 2
  - LeBlanc LL Three-Cornered Hat Model (#2)
  - Leblanc LL three-cornered-hat model
  - Leblanc Symphonie
- Ledoux
- Lefebvre Bel Opera
- Lerue / E. Lerue
- Lewis Artist
- Linton
- Lorée / F. Lorée
- Lyceum
- Lyon / Emil Lyon
- Lyric
- Magniere / Paul Magniere
- Maitre
- Malerne Standard
  - No-name Malerne
- Marbeau / Jean Marbeau
- Martin Frères
  - Martin Frères Deluxe
  - Martin Frères plain logo
- Mauré / Pierre Mauré
- McIntyre
- McIntyre (Complete!)
- Meinl / W. Meinl A
- Meliphone
- Moennig Bros Artist Model
- Mon Muller Cousin Seur A
- Monopole
- Mönnig Brothers / Gebruder Mönnig Markneukirchen Grand Prix
- No Name (Malerne/Masson)
- Noblet
  - Noblet DN / Noblet ND
  - Noblet Laureate
  - Noblet Super 40
- Normandy
  - Detailed Normandy Model History
  - Normandy Eb
  - Normandy Plateau 5P first version
  - Normandy Spotter's Guide
- Olds Ambassador
- Olds Studio
- Peate's Utica N.Y.
- Pedler
  - Peder / The Pedler
  - Pedler & Co
  - Pedler American
  - Pedler Premiere
  - Pedler unibody
- Penzel
  - G. Penzel Pacemaker
- Penzel-Mueller
  - Penzel / G. Penzel Pacemaker
  - Penzel-Mueller 339
  - Penzel-Mueller 7986B
  - Penzel-Mueller A
  - Penzel-Mueller Artist
  - Penzel-Mueller Artist #15778
  - Penzel-Mueller Bel Canto
  - Penzel-Mueller Brilliante
  - Penzel-Mueller Empire
    - Empire H-408-B
  - Penzel-Mueller Soloist
  - Penzel-Mueller Studio Recording
  - Penzel-Mueller T2028
  - Pre-Artist model Penzel-Mueller
    - Penzel-Mueller 8347
- Pertin / F. Pertin
- Piccard / Andre Piccard
- Pruefer
  - Penzel-Mueller Pruefer
  - Pruefer Artist stamped Carl Fischer
  - Pruefer student model
- Rampone
  - Rampone Delux Cazzani
  - Rampone Milano Brevettato
- Raymond, sponsored by Selmer
- Renné / Paul Renné / Renne
- Robert / A. Robert
  - A. Robert Paris, Articulated
- Robert / Jaques Robert
- Rudolf Gottsman Full Boehm A
- Schreiber & Sohne
- Selmer
  - Benny Goodman signature
  - Selmer 1930's Brevete A
  - Selmer Centered Tone
  - Selmer F. Barbier
  - Selmer London Gold Seal
  - Selmer Pre-Centered Tone
  - Selmer Series 9
  - Selmer Series 9 Star
  - Selmer Series N
  - Selmer Signet
  - Selmer Signet Soloist
  - Selmer Signet Special
- Silvertone
- SML
  - Lemaire SML
- Star Deluxe, Italy
- Sterling
- Strasser
- Thibouville
  - Thibouville Frères Ivry (Euree) Brevetés Concert #4508
    - Thibouville Frères Ivry (Euree) Brevetés Concert #C830
  - Thibouville IVRY (EURE) Fdel'Armeé
  - Thibouville Masson Harmonie
    - Thibouville Masson Harmonie MH168
  - Thibouville no-name
- Tomahawk
- Trianon
- Triebert
- Trotts / Leon Trotts
- Uebel / G. Rudolf Uebel
- Violette / Marcel Violette
- What's my vintage clarinet worth?
- Whitehall
- Wicky / Kaspar Wicky
- Williams / Jan Williams
- Woodwind / The Woodwind Co. NY
- Wurlitzer Lyric Custombuilt
- Zalzer / H. Zalzer
Wooden Clarinet Reviews
- Amati
- Artley
- Buffet
- Eaton / Peter Eaton
- Hanson
- Holton Collegiate
- Howarth
- Leblanc
- Marigaux
- Noblet models
- Normandy 4
- Ridenour Lyrique G1
- Selmer
- Yamaha
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