The oddest part of this Noblet is the emblem. I will provide some before and after pictures of this amazing early Noblet 40. It’s amazing looking at the clarinet itself. Each post had a set screw and each post had a set screw tab on it. The early Noblet 40s were over engineered clarinets. There is nothing wrong with the really early Noblets it’s just an identifier of their age being some of the first of the “modern” Noblets of the 1940s through 1990s.
The Earliest Noblets – The really early Noblets actually had shared posts on the throat keys. Not sure on the age of this emblem – boxwood Is an example of a simple Albert keywork back when Boxwood was the preferred choice. Harken back to the older days of Noblet when Noblet – Thibouville manufactured clarinets. The Artist 45 with hand selected grenadilla wood. Receipt from early Noblet 40Below Ad for a model 145, which is Or email Information on Noblet (Leblanc and Normandy) company historyĪBOVE: Case emblem from an early Noblet 40
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