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Boosey and Hawkes 1940 identity crisis.

Author: jamest3biker
Date: 2012-02-27 12:16

Hey Everyone,

I bought a clarinet at a car boot as I saw it as a good investment. I played a little when I was younger so it was the only instrument I knew anything about.

Anyway, I'm struggling to find any bonafide details on this clarinet;

It is stamped with: 1940 - on all parts

Boosey & Hawkes
London and Paris
MADE IN FRANCE
1135
Bb
LP

So with war looming, mergers and factories in two different countries, there seams no defining identity for this instrument. Can anyone shed some light on this please?

Thanks in advance,
James

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Re: Boosey and Hawkes 1940 identity crisis.

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2012-02-27 18:13

It sounds like it could be a pre-war variety of the 1010.
B&H had some of these instruments made for them in France in the years leading to 1940.
Does it have a large (1010) bore - i.e. 15.2 mm / 0.6" ?

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Re: Boosey and Hawkes 1940 identity crisis.

Author: jamest3biker
Date: 2012-02-28 05:42

Hello Norman,
Thank you very much for your informed reply. Yes the bore is 15.22 - 15.25mm.
Do you know more?
Regards,
James.

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Re: Boosey and Hawkes 1940 identity crisis.

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2012-02-28 19:17

Ramon Wodkowski who often posts on this board knows a lot about older/prewar B&H instruments and may be able to add to your quest for info.
I don't have a lot more info except that the prewar 1010s (both Edgware made and London&Paris were highly regarded in those days and played by many UK pros.
Thurston definitely played on the UK made ones and Brymer's original 1010s (and the ones he made his first recording of the Mozart on with RPO and Beecham) were London&Paris models.
Brymer's were pretty clapped out when I saw them some years ago and he eventually moved to post war 1010s.

When I started playing in 50s many players considered and sought the prewar 1010s as being better instruments than the post war models.
I think not a few players still think that.

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