Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-09-18 22:16
By the time I started tinkering with instruments, B&H's oboe and clarinet production had ceased, though they continued making flutes (all stamped with the Buffet logo) until production moved to Schreiber in Germany in the late '90s, and brass instruments (stamped Besson) until production ceased more recently.
The UK lineup of B&H clarinets in the '60s to the '80s was as follows (with the current equivalents in brackets):
Regent (B12 - YCL-26II/250) - moulded plastic body, NP keys
Edgware (E11 - YCL-34II/450) - wooden body, NP keys, inset ebonite tonehole chimneys
Emperor (E13 - YCL-650) - wooden body, SP keys
Imperial 926 (R13/RC - YCL-62II/CX) smooth socket rings
Symphony 1010 (Prestige - YCL-82II/CSG) integral wooden tonehole chimneys and no point or pivot screw mountings for any keys (all rod screws and keys with hollow barrels).
The Edgware through to the Emperor could be ordered with a machined plastic body with inset ebonite tonehole chimneys, and the 926 and 1010 could be ordered with an ebonite body. From the Edgware upwards, they were built in both keys of Bb and A.
But other model names were used (Rudall-Carte Graduate and Starlight, B&H Marlborough, 1-10, 2-20, 8-10, etc.), and the keywork plating and body material would usually be consistant with the standard B&H model names so you can see what the equivalent is - eg. a B&H built clarinet by a different name with a wooden body and nickel plated nickel silver keys is the same as an Edgware.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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