Antique Musical Instruments/Carl Fischer Clarinet

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2nd request for answer - your answer was that "this was out of my expertise", can you ask one of your collegues or tell me WHO to ask if you cannot:

WE have in our possession a possible antique clarinet -  wooden Carl Fischer Artist Model New York, Made in Italy, serial number 3487 in excellent condition.

Can you tell us about it , agge and a possible value range?"  

Answer
Carl Fischer is a music industry company since 1872.  The instrument portion of their operation was primarily as dealers and importers, not makers.  There are no serial number lists for the company to date the instruments that are labeled with their name.  

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Kenton Scott

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Please note: My area is BRASS instruments, not other wind, string or percussion instruments. I will provide information on antique, obscure and out of production BRASS instruments. 1) Please don't ask for evaluations, I'll not provide them on this site. 2) I am often asked very similar questions, so I'd invite you to first check on Horn-u-Copia.net. Much of the information I have garnered about this topic, I have posted on this WEB site.

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I perform in several historical bands, have informally researched the area, repair brass instruments, and operate a Forum dedicated to the topic at http://horn-u-copia.net

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B.S. Ed, M.S.

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