Le Fleur?

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Bernards20040

Discussion Starter · Sep 12, 2007 (Edited)

My teacher has just given me a Clarinet and the markings are a fluer de lys with the words Le fleur (could be La fleur) and London Paris New York underneath on the barrel and bell.
it is made of wood (Blackwood?) and appears to have nickel keys as they are a dull grey in colour. has anyone heard of these. (I did use the search button).it has a metal band on the bottom of the bell and on all the joints
My teacher has had it for over 20 years.

Also what mouthpiece and reed would you recommend for a clarinet beginner.
I play a MeYer 5M with a Legere studio cut 2 1/4 reed (about a 3 in Rico) on my alto sax

Thanking you for your replies in advance

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tictactux

· #2 · Sep 12, 2007

Bernards20040 said:
My teacher has just given me a Clarinet and the markings are a fluer de lys with the words Le fleur (Not La fleur) and London Paris New York underneath.

Funny, this very day there has been a discusson re "Le Fleur" or "La Fleur" etc on the Clarinet BBoard: http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=254957&t=254957
I don't know if this clarifies a lot, however. But Chris Peryagh appears to know more.

Also what mouthpiece and reed would you recommend for a clarinet beginner.

I can - from own experience - recommend Fobes Debut or Hite Premiere. Neither is very expensive (18..30$) and both are really really good.
For some reason I never much liked Rico (Royal) nor Vandoren (Blue), but prefer Mitchell Lurie.

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