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Re: decorated clarinets

Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2012-08-26 06:37

Maruja wrote:

> Does anyone know of
> similarly decorated clarinets, or is this something that
> predates the invention of our instrument?

Embellishments on clarinets are fairly rare, especially on wooden instruments. Selmer added decorative engraving to the bells and lower joint of the Centered Tone Omega model during the 50's. I'm not sure that any other manufacturers added decorative engraving to their wood models. Metal clarinets with decorative engraving are comparatively much more common (although still exceedingly rare). I have seen Selmer Paris metal clarinets with "Artist-level" engraving on the entire instrument, sometimes using a two-tone gold/silver design. I have also seen similar high level engraving on some of the HN White metal clarinets.

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