Fratelli Patricola
Patricola brothers
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legal form | snc (Italy), comparable to GbR |
founding | 1976 |
Seat | Castelnuovo Scrivia, Italy |
management | Francesco, Pietro and Biagino Patricola |
Number of employees | 9 |
Branch | Woodwind instrument maker |
Website | www.patricola.com |
Fratelli Patricola is an Italian manufacturer of oboes and clarinets based in Castelnuovo Scrivia , Province of Alessandria .
history
The brothers Francesco, Petro and Biagino Patricola, trained woodwind instrument makers , founded their own manufactory in 1976 for the production of oboes and clarinets . In the meantime, two sons and a grandson are working as instrument makers in the family business.
Products
According to the website, the instruments listed below are made from long-seasoned wood, made from grenadilla wood (Melanoxylon) with silver-plated mechanics, the higher-quality models optionally also from bubinga (Guibourtia tessmannii) and with gold-plated mechanics. The woodworking is done with the help of CNC machines, while the mechanics are made by hand in-house.
1. oboe : a student model, a semi-professional model and a pro-model ( "Artista"), further an oboe d'amore in A, two models English horn in F, and a oboe Musette in Es.
2. Clarinets : Only clarinets with the French fingering system (Böhm) are offered, namely one model in high E flat (CL.1), three models in Bb (CL.2, CL.4 and CL.5), one model in A (CL.3) and a model in C (CL.7). The models CL.1 to CL.4 are each manufactured in two quality levels: "Virtuoso" and the higher-quality "Artista", the CL.5 model only as a Virtuoso and the CL.7 model only as an Artista. The models CL.4 and CL.5 are "Voll-Böhm" clarinets with 7 instead of 6 rings and three or two additional keys. In addition, the CL4 models range down to the deep Eb (instead of E).
Low clarinets (basset horn, alto clarinet, bass clarinet) are not made.
The instruments are sold by the company itself and by dealers in Italy and a number of other countries, and in the conception of which the company attached great importance to good, contemporary design in addition to quality standards.
Patricola instruments are played by well-known oboists and clarinetists in cultural orchestras in Italy and other countries, including outside of Europe.
Web links
- Website
- Video: Demonstration of a CL2 Artista Bubinga clarinet
- Video: Demonstration of a CL2 Artista Grenadill clarinet