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Author: randy
Date: 2001-11-28 15:13
Hi,
I recently was cleaning an attic and came across a silver clarinet. I played the clarinet from 5th grade throught college and was not aware of a silver clarinet. It appears to be from a company called PEDLER out of Elkhart, IN but i've had not luck in tracing. Any help or suggestions?
Thanks,
Randy
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-11-28 15:26
The Pedler company is no longer in business although at one time they made quite a few clarinets. The instrument that you have found is most likely a student grade instrument and therefore unlikely to be silver. Instead it is probably nickel plating over brass.
At one time, metal clarinets were quite common for student & marching band use. However there were far too many that were badly designed and poorly manufactured so as a whole, they developed a bad reputation even though some of course did not deserve it.
Most companies quit making clarinets in the 1950s or before although Noblet (which made a pretty good one) continued until the 1960s or so.
These are fun to clean up and repair just to have a little piece of clarinet history. Overall Pedler was considered to be a decent manufacturer, but not in the same league as Leblanc, Buffet, etc, so the quality probably is not bad.
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Author: sarah
Date: 2001-11-28 15:37
Dee said, "Most companies quit making clarinets in the 1950s or before although Noblet (which made a pretty good one) continued until the 1960s or so."
This is quite funny when taken out of context.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-11-28 16:00
OOPS! Really should have said "...quit making metal clarinets.."
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Author: sarah
Date: 2001-11-28 16:08
I understood. It was just funny to read that clarinets stopped being produced 50 years ago. And I thought mine was new........
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