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Author: kay
Date: 1999-07-19 21:21
I would like any information at all concerning my metal clarinet (silver?) by the Cavalier company out of Elkhart, Indiana. Any history or general info would be great. This recently came into my possession in its original case, but I really don't know what I've got - other than the above information stamped on the bell.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-07-19 22:21
Cavalier is a trade name used by Pan American. I think you'll find some info on Pan American if you do a search here.
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-07-20 00:44
Also the Cavaliers that I have seen personally were plated and it looked more like nickel plating than silver.
The sheer number of these that turn up on the on-line auction would lead one to guess that they were a student line horn.
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Author: Ernest Brown
Date: 1999-07-20 02:36
The Cavalier metal clarinet was made by the Conn Band Instrument Co., of Elkhart, IN. The name "Conn" was used on the company"s first-line instruments, "Pan American" appeared on school-grade instruments, and "Cavalier" was used on instruments for beginners. The Cavalier was about the lowest-priced instrument available during the 20s and 30s. AS a repair man, I handled several of these clarinets and ususally found them badly out of tune, but that might have been due to poor mouthpieces.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-07-20 02:42
Ernest Brown wrote:
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According to The New Langwill Index that's not entirely correct. Pan American was established in 1926 by Carl Greenleaf, President of Conn, but was not part of Conn proper at that time. It was discontinued in 1928. The trademark was revived by Conn in 1937. 'Campus', 'Cavalier', 'Classroom', 'Frat', 'Rainbow', 'Standard', and 'Student' were the model lines within the revived Pan American trademark.
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-07-20 12:14
Mark Charette wrote:
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According to The New Langwill Index that's not entirely correct. Pan American was established in 1926 by Carl Greenleaf, President of Conn, but was not part of Conn proper at that time. It was discontinued in 1928. The trademark was revived by Conn in 1937. 'Campus', 'Cavalier', 'Classroom', 'Frat', 'Rainbow', 'Standard', and 'Student' were the model lines within the revived Pan American trademark.
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Check out the Shrine to Music Museum site. There is an historian that has researched and made a detailed study of the history of the Conn company. The Pan American goes back further than 1926 if the information on that site is correct.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-07-20 12:31
Dee wrote:
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Check out the Shrine to Music Museum site.
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Link?
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Author: Lelia
Date: 1999-07-20 19:52
Link to Margaret Downie Banks's site at the Shrine to Music Museum:
<a href="http://www.usd.edu/~mbanks>
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Author: Lelia
Date: 1999-07-20 19:57
Good grief, that didn't work, did it! Sorry! Okay, let's try it as just an address instead of a hyperlink. This should get you to Margaret Downie Banks's homepage at the Shrine to Music Museum:
www.usd.edu/~mbanks
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-07-21 02:20
Thanks Lelia. I had followed the links from another site and hadn't save the URL.
Here's the specific subpage that talks about Pan American. It is at the bottom of the text. It states that Pan American was established in 1917.
http://www.usd.edu/~mbanks/CONN12.html#depress
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