Good stuff on ebay

[Windsong]

Would this be considered a French Horn without valves?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Naturhorn-c1800-Paris/292115279164?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D41375%26meid%3D654571ba065d493cb1e657985af71bb6%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D201939016559

[DaveLeBlanc]

Would this be considered a French Horn without valves?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Naturhorn-c1800-Paris/292115279164?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D41375%26meid%3D654571ba065d493cb1e657985af71bb6%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D201939016559

I think the French part of it mandates valves or pistons of some kind, but other than that it should be a French horn in all other aspects

[modernicus]

Natural horn.

[DaveLeBlanc]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1914-Conn-Alto-Saxophone-Silver-New-Wonder-Factory-34-High-Pitch-w-OHSC/182600692318?_trksid=p2055119.c100022.m2048&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122153519%26meid%3Dedabb34504a34d979ba1c16f6efa35c2%26pid%3D100022%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D311886489350

Interesting example of a HP alto sax.

[Windsong]

Natural horn.

I suspect it would take some serious chops to find all the available notes.
True story: My mother, a devout jazz aficionado, and fortunate soul to enjoy the sounds of 1940s New Orleans--her native town, absolutely forbid me from playing brasswinds as a child.  She said that she had read that most brasswind players died an early death from overworking themselves with the insane embouchure their horns required.  I don't know if that claim had any merit at all, as I suspect the premature deaths had more to do with most players' penchant for the excessive consumption of spirits.

[Windsong]

Dave,
We seldom see the HP sax, anymore, though they were made in mass quantities, prior to WWI.
I wonder how high they were pitched?  452-454hz?  That would be my guess. 
Thanks for posting.

[Silversorcerer]

Almost over but will likely be re-listed. http://www.ebay.com/itm/222526044105?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

Not exactly common.

[Airflyte]

Well what do we have here? An Eb alto simple system . . ??  8)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-rare-1880s-Ferdinando-Roth-Eb-alto-clarinet-repadded-corks-Albert-system-/332252626644?hash=item4d5bccbed4:g:3YIAAOSwblZZNcaa

[Dibbs]

Clearly not.  I wonder what made the seller think that?

[DaveLeBlanc]

Clearly not.  I wonder what made the seller think that?

Probably the open hole, as it's fairly uncommon as far as key systems go.

[Airflyte]

Clearly not.  I wonder what made the seller think that?

Probably the open hole, as it's fairly uncommon as far as key systems go.

Agreed.

[mechanic]

Here's a nice Conn 624n double wall in need of a complete overhall.  The price has increased X 10 in under 90 days.

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/auctions/Metal-Clarinet-W-Carry-Case-38328815.html

http://www.ebay.com/itm/142345973632?_trksid=p2471758.m4703

http://www.ebay.com/itm/222537538381?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

As a 4th owner do you think I could then ask $6000 just for taking new pictures?

[DaveLeBlanc]

Here's a nice Conn 624n double wall in need of a complete overhall.  The price has increased X 10 in under 90 days.

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/auctions/Metal-Clarinet-W-Carry-Case-38328815.html

http://www.ebay.com/itm/142345973632?_trksid=p2471758.m4703

http://www.ebay.com/itm/222537538381?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

As a 4th owner do you think I could then ask $6000 just for taking new pictures?

Damn, I wish I had gotten it at it's original price! But I couldn't in good conscience charge 3 grand, even for a restored one.

[Silversorcerer]

It could just be a bubble waiting to be de-flated. The Pan AmeriConn cocobolo (NOT!) propeller laminated wood clarinets are a bubble that might have recently popped. One just sold for $100 while asking prices of others were $300 - $500. If put in order, I'm sure that these play sufficiently well, but to be honest, the sellers are trading on the looks and presentation of very good looking wood, even if it is laminated. Personally, I haven't been able to excuse acquiring one of these when I could get three 424Ns for about the same price.

These double walled Conns? OK, they are rare. Do they sound as good as a 1941 424N? I like the older Conns also. The early ones are excellent hard rubber and have gorgeous key work. Those are the best bang for the buck if you aren't creating a Conn museum.

One of the best ways to get a higher price at auction is to make better photographs. And I don't mean diffuse filters, enhanced lighting, or commercial studio photography tricks, or photographing the clarinet in a rose garden. The higher bids (at least when I am bidding) go to the photos that actually show the real condition of the instrument. As a former professional commercial photographer, when the photo is the primary method of presentation of something for sale, selling is a photography contest.

[DaveLeBlanc]

If this guy bought this bass new for one single gig and is now selling it, then he has literally made the worst financial decision I have ever seen in my entire life.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Buffet-Crampon-1193-Prestige-Low-C-Bass-Clarinet-/122539601523?hash=item1c87edee73:g:a5AAAOSw~rpZOfta