Klarinet Archive - Posting 000249.txt from 2005/02
From: "Shaw, Kenneth R." <krshaw@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Haynes Clarinets
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:09:49 -0500
Here's some information about the Haynes double-walled silver clarinets,
which I got recently from Carl Sawicki, a well-known repairman (doing
bassoons almost exclusively):
About the quantity of those Haynes clarinets ... back when I was doing
Haynes flutes and was good friends with Louis Deveaux (the main man at
Haynes), he gave me a thorough explanation of those instruments and told
me they made no more than 350. Some of them were sold to the US armed
=66orces and perhaps this is one of the reasons why they are so rare.
Also, now that I think of the armed forces band connection, maybe
William S. was trying to make something that was useable in a marching
situation that wouldn't go out of tune between tunes. A lot of this
(quantity) was confirmed by an article I read by an ex-curator of the
Shrine to Music museum in Vermillion, SD, Deborah Check Reeves.
This is a piece of clarinet history, and the workmanship as far as I'm
concerned is almost unbelieveable. Think of soldering tubes on the
outside AND the inside and making the bore absolutely mirror-like ...
and with no leaks. It's fantastic craftsmanship.
I have restored what I believe is #147. It's even engraved with the
original owner's name on the bell. Because of its pristine condition I
was planning on asking no less than $2,000, but I was also not planning
to make some kind of stupid bidding war out of it either, on eBay. To
me that is not a way to find it a good home.
You're welcome to pass this information around on any of the clarinet
=66orums. And you're welcome to paraphrase anything that I said above,
but be sure to slip in something that I'm only interested in a serious
collector/clarinetist as the new owner.
As you can see, I've been reluctant to let this thing go simply because
I know from experience how instruments get screwed up when in the wrong
hands!
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An article Carl mentions is by Deborah Check Reeves. An abstract is on
the ICA site at <http://www.clarinet.org/fests/2003/Reeves.asp> She
called it a "thermos clarinet" and said that 334 were made between 1926
and 1942. Verne Q. Powell worked for Haynes at the time and did at
least part of the design and may have made the instruments. Reeves made
a similar presentation to the American Musical Instrument Society.
<http://www.amis.org/pubs/newsletter/AMISSpring02.pdf>.
Haynes clarinets go on eBay for prices approaching $2000. Carl is a
superlative repairman, and this is a rare chance to get a Haynes
clarinet in top condition. His email address is moostakesii@-----.com
Ken Shaw
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