Klarinet Archive - Posting 000254.txt from 2001/08

From: jim & joyce <lande@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Ancient Albert
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 15:37:22 -0400

Ed Lacy wrotes:
(regarding when metal clarinets were first made) " ...I
think. Perhaps this is a typo >and it should have read
"early to mid 1900s.

>I started playing the clarinet in 1949, and a few people
were still playing
>them at that time, although even then they were considered
relics. I wasn't
>aware of any metal clarinets made after the early years of
World War II

I know someone who recently purchased a metal clarinet from
the mid 1800s (don't recall exact date) and I have seen
pictures of some metal clarinets circa 1850 on a web site
(which I cannot seem to locate.) I also recall that someone
actually made a metal bass clarinet in the 1800s. I don't
know that very many metal clarinets were made before 1900,
but I know that some were.

On the other end, I have King catalogs from the late 1940s
and early 1950s that still offer metal clarinets. If you
believe the serial number lists available for Holten, then
they also offered metal clarinets at least through 1953
(based on eBay listings). Finally, Leblanc continued to
make their Noblet metal clarinet through 1968 and offered it
in their catalog as late as 1972. (It was the cheapest
clarinet they offered at that time. Many folks think that
the earlier Noblets were fairly good horns.)

I learned on a rental metal clarinet in the late 1950s.
Shortly after that, they disappeared except for in junk
stores. (Now I collect the silly things.)

cheers
jim

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