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Author: James Gray
Date: 2014-11-19 20:45
I have acquired what I believe to be a Boosey & Hawkes stencil. It is unmarked except for the resin bell that has the Revere trademark with a lyre. It is stamped "Made in England" at the top backside of the lower joint. The plated keywork is definitely Edgeware / Imperial and the larger keys have 926 and the part number on the back. They're not "pot metal" as on some low end Boosey's. Everything about this clarinet says B&H to me, from the metal tenon caps to the Kell mouthpiece which was standard issue with many B&H's of the 50's. The 58xxx serial numbers match and this would seem to fall in the "nether region" of the B&H list circa 1951-53. All the other US Revere brand imports I've seen were French stencils. Anyone have any info on English Reveres? Thanks.
(p.s. it has a 14.8mm bore by the way. Not the 15mm I expected. )
"There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.” -Ambrose Bierce
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-11-19 21:48
Narrow bore B&H clarinets (Regent through to Imperial 926) have a 14.9mm bore, so that would be right (taking some shrinkage into account if you're in Arizona). The larger bore 1010 has a 15.2mm bore.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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Author: James Gray
Date: 2014-11-19 22:39
Actually, it's a bit out of round and the narrow bore dimension varies from 14.76 to 14.83 throughout the upper joint. The instrument came from the coast of northern California, so it hasn't been in AZ long enough for appreciable shrinkage to take place. It appears very much like it was made with a 14.8mm bore, but I could be wrong.
"There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.” -Ambrose Bierce
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2014-11-19 23:42
The Imperial and derivative range of clarinets actually have a bore of 0.593" or 15.05 mm (the 1010 was 0.600" or 15.24mm)
I have B&H literature from the 1950s confirming these values.
I didn't realise that B&H made the 14.8 bore models quite so early but of course after the war the emphasis on all UK industry was to export (to pay off our war loans) and B&H were clearly part of this so perhaps not surprising they focussed early on a smaller bore for USA market.
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Author: Mark Fleming
Date: 2015-01-09 21:11
Revere was a trademark used by Sorkin Music of New York from the 1930's until the mid-60's.
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3289427606687069434#editor/target=post;postID=5320931996957306861;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=20;src=postname
Over the years, Sorkin had Revere horns produced in ebony, ebonite, and metal from various sources. It is a stencil clarinet made on planet Earth. How's that for narrowing down the manufacturer?
Mark
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