This post installation is excessive quality which was dropped at some point. Thumbrest, shared throat keys, Lowerjoint spatula keys share one post.Ĭonstruction is truly top notch as most posts has single and double screw mounts to the body. This early Noblet has a “newer” emblem but has significant cues from an earlier model, such as : thumbrest has one screw above and below the

Picture above has an adjuster, pictures below has no adjuster – shows an evolution (Picture above had the old emblem) Pictures below have the complex emblem – an indicator of a later model ? - going to have to research eBay Noblet emblems & serial numbers in detail now.click on each picture to see a full size version.

The shared post throat keys – an indicator of a very early model.

The thumbrest is a one screw on top and one on bottom model – an indicator of a very early model.

The lower joint left hand spatula keys have one post as the C# & B keys share a pivot – an indicator of a very early model.

Right now this is an anomoly that needs further research -I have had people email me in the past withĪnomolies like this so now it is even more confusing. The upper joint also has the “made in france” stamp at the very top of the joint which existed in very early Noblets. Number is very low, and the emblem is very new. It clearly is the more complex emblem. But if you look below at the three versions of the lyre (and oval) it starts out simple and gets more complex over time. 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 Visit us on YouTube Clarinet Perfection on YouTube

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