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Author: Rich Legg
Date: 2000-12-25 22:36
Hello all,
I have come into possession of a metal clarinet. The labeling on it reads:
AMERICAN STANDARD
MADE BY KING CRAFTSMEN
The H.N. White, Co.
Cleveland, OH
can anyone provide information to me about the history of such an instrument?
Thanks,
Rich
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Author: Anji
Date: 2000-12-25 22:55
Is this the silver plated or brass-colored clarinet?
anji
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Author: jbutler
Date: 2000-12-26 00:01
Lelia did a very nice post on this topic a few months ago. May I suggest that you do a search in the archieves for it. H.N. White was also known as the King Co. Very nice instruments for the times, especially saxophones.
John
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-12-26 11:15
Most "silver" colored instruments are nickel plated not silver plated.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2000-12-26 13:24
If it polishes up to look conspicuously better using SILVER polish it is silver. Silver polish will make no difference to the shine (or otherwise!) of nickel.
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Author: jim
Date: 2000-12-29 04:37
Someone recently estimated that 5 million metal clarinets were made. (Oft said on this board, they were made by the ton.) Most were student models. I think that more than half of the ones listed on eBay were silver plated. However, the plating on some was so thin it practically evaporated from the horn. I recently bought 30 metal clarinet barrels from a guy who turned the bodies into lamps. All were from student models, most had been silver plated, and virtually all of the plating was worn off of almost all of them.
The American Standard was one of the more common ones and IMHO relatively decent quality. It was offered with a variety of finishes including silver plate and brass with lacquer. It may also have been offered with nickel plating. I think the first American Standard models were offered by the Cleveland music company in the 1920s. Cleveland was bought up by H.N. White. The American Standards continued to be offered through the early 1950s. .
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