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Re: Metal Clarinet

Author: jim lande
Date: 2011-10-02 20:56

Almost all metal clarinets of the era were silver plated. Some were silver plated over German silver (which as noted, was mostly nickle). Some were silver plated over brass. Most of the better models were the former and most of the student models were the latter, but there are exceptions in both directions.

I have only seen pro model Pedlers that had the built in barrel but detachable bells.

Since you won't have the original barrel, you need not be concerned about collector value. Presuming that the upper part of your clarinet is a corked tenon that fits into the missing barrel, another approach is to use a wooden barrel. One of the custom barrel makers can make one the proper length and with the proper socket size. It will look odd to a clarinet player, but not to anyone else. (Seriously. For a while I used a wooden barrel on a Silva Bet. It was a Moennig style reverse taper barrel and played very well. I went to blues jams and nobody ever seemed to notice the odd profile.)

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