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- Gautrot Aine B Flat Clarinet
Gautrot Aine B Flat Clarinet
An exceptionally fine Gautrot Aine Bb 8 key boxwood Romantic clarinet. Gautrot Aine was one of the leading manufacturers of the mid to late 19th Century, responsible for introducing steam powered machinery, and the firm employed a workforce of over 200 at their Paris factories. Many of their Brass and Woodwind instruments were exported and they were a leading French maker. This instrument has been owned and played professsionally by Katherine Spencer of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. The instrument plays at A=440 Hz, with an insert to the 3rd joint, and it has been recently restored by Paul Windash. The supplied Grenadilla wood m'piece plays with normal Bb Vandoren or 2.5 reeds. The case has some interior tears but still latches and protects the instrument well.