Ebony(?) Bb clarinet with brass bands and ten brass keys, signed "MARGUERITAT / 21 BD BONNE NOUVELLE / PARIS (in oval cartouche)" made c.1880. Length 58.3cm.
Lacks mouthpiece. Repaired cracks in right hand joint. Crack in one brass band. Needs repad to be playable.
Price £700.00
Instrument #409
References
Entry for "Margueritat" from "The New Langwill Index. A Dictionary of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers and Inventors" 1993 by William Waterhouse.
Advertisement of Margueritat in "Annuaire Général de la Musique.....de France 1883"