Vintage Rare Siour-Chapelain Wood Bb Clarinet Made in France top register key

Description

This clarinet has been worked on by myself, a restoration cleaning and repadding.   The clarinet was in very good condition for the very vintage age.  The wood has no cracks or repairs.  The wood grain is tight and not dry.  The wood had not shrunk.
The rings are tight cannot be removed.
I could not measure the bore, but, I do not know the original bore size.  I have worked on some that have shrunk so that the rings need a shim.  The sits had no need of any repairs to the wood.  The springs are the original blue steel and in great condition, very strong.  The clarinet had no serial number on the wood or as sometimes underneath the keys.  The keys are a strong metal.  They are not damaged by that I mean that scratches or signs of being hit by a hammer like object.  I re-padded with single bladder on soft felt, soft to me. Some may want to use leather or cork for a more unique sound.  Because, I had not work on this brand and of such an early age that I felt it to be an experiment.  Fearing that the clarinet be up to standards.  But I was wrong it does play great and will play better when it is played often and the pads seal better. I do not like to force pressure to much, It might harm the bladder.  I rather to let it age slowly with play.
And unlike all of my repadding I used a shellac glue, not my standard hot shellac.  I think that hot shellac glues better and some think that the clarinet sounds better.  But I think that the horn when it finds it new home should be experimented with a little.  That is up to you as you play it.
I saw on the internet a comment by some "expert" about a  Siour clarinet to sum up he said it was of low grade clarinet.  But the owner later posted about that particular clarinet.   Please check it out. you will find it interesting.   This clarinet I feel was intended to be a pro horn.   I think the sound is similar to a buffet ot maybe a standard sound to the turnb of last century.
I am one that had always liked to play vintage.  I bought a new R13 in 1971 and only put about 10 20 hours, always went back to one of my many older clarinets.  I will dig it up and sell it and have someone else brake it in.
I started repairing clarinets and saxophones in the early 70's to earn money while in school.  learned from a man that was so good that people sent him their instruments from all over the states.  Not to say I was as good as he.  But I learned to do it the old ways like he learned from his father that repaired instruments for the San Francisco Symphony.
This clarinet like all clarinets will get better with play time.  I feel that it will be right for those that like the register key on top for that turn of the 1900 century feel; sound?  It comes without a case or mouthpiece.
I will also sell three other vintage horns in the coming months.
I will soon list another vintage horn a Buescher True Tone
that I think plays like a Selmer.  To me the three basic now are Buffet Selmer and Conn. Buffet for sweetness, Selmer for what I call the standard sound, and Conn for a jazz sound.  So my listings will tell you what I think or better said my tin ear says is the sound like of the   But everybody is different and the use of different barrel and bells may change it very quit a bit.