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is it an antique?

Author: kris
Date: 1999-02-22 01:10

I have purchase a Boosey and Hawkes Clarinet at an antique sale. I am wondering how old it is and how much it is worth.

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RE: is it an antique?

Author: Dee
Date: 1999-02-22 01:50

What is the model name? What is the serial number? Does it have any markings like "HP" or "LP"? Is it a Boehm system or Albert system or one of several simple key systems? Being sold at an "antique sale" doesn't mean a thing.

Also clarinets have not changed significantly in the last 60 or 70 years so if it has the normal Boehm key system and is NOT a High Pitch clarinet (check it against a tuner), it is merely old and not an antique.

However Boosey & Hawkes did and does make good clarinets. So if it is playable and in modern pitch and in the Boehm key system, value would depend on whether it was a student, intermediate or professional model and would be competitive with other clarinets on the used market.

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