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Author: john
Date: 2000-01-25 21:31
Years ago I purchased one in a music store that I worked at.
I know nothing about this intrument and would be interested in learning anything about it.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-01-25 22:14
The majority of metal clarinets were made for the student and marching band trade and were inexpensive but rugged instruments. The American Standard shows up regularly on the eBay auction site so it is most likely a student grade instrument. Most of the student ones had intonation problems. Intermediate metal instruments are rare and pro grade ones rarer still.
Most manufacturers dropped metal clarinets from their lines in the 1940s, probably due to the bad reputation that came from the student grade instruments. One exception is Leblanc, who continued to make them until sometime in the 1960s.
The heyday of the metal clarinet was the 1920s, 1930s, and 19402 although they were made both before and after this time period (saw a film clip of a 1918 street band on the History Channel and one fellow was playing a metal clarinet).
The monetary value of metal clarinets, with the exception of the very rare pro horns, is insignificant. However, I feel they are worth taking care of and keeping in playing condition to have a functioning piece of clarinet history. Don't let someone turn it into a lamp!
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Author: John Scorgie
Date: 2000-01-26 17:09
john --
Your old metal clarinet is in all probability a product of H. N. White Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, which was a large maker of all sorts of woodwind and brass instruments. Their top line was "King", middle line was "Cleveland" and student line was "American Standard".
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