Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-09-13 14:06
All B&H clarinets from the Regent to the 926 had the same keywork, though from the Emperor upwards it was silver plated.
The 926s may have had some undercutting (I'll have to have a close look at one next time I see one), but they were still sharp in the throat area (as were most B&H clarinets) and only in tune with themselves with the barrel pulled out by around 2mm.
The 1010 was the only one with integral tonehole chimneys - all others had ebonite inserts (except the plastic Regents).
But the Edgware was one of the few student models that was available in A, and there were plastic Edgware A clarinets as well, with the bodies machined rather than moulded.
But with any B&H clarinet, there were good and bad ones in all models.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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