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Re: Boosey and Hawkes Clarinet

Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2012-05-24 00:08

amorlunae wrote:

> I recieved a Boosey and Hawkes 2-20 London Series Clarinet. The
> serial number is 239034. The clarinet was free so it wasn't any
> loss, I was wondering a) hold old it is and b) If it was a good
> trade up from my beginner yamaha (kind of... It has broken so
> many times that there are several different peices from several
> different clarinets) that I am donating to my marching band.

Your clarinet was made in the early 1960's, probably around 1964 based on extrapolations from the available serial number chart. The 2-20 was one of B&H's intermediate clarinets made for the US market. I have 2 of them myself. They are fairly decent clarinets in stock condition but can really benefit from a good overhaul. Usually some mild tonehole undercutting, adding a vent hold to the bell, and removing some excess material from some of the clunkier keys can dramatically improve them. After this work is done I'd say that a B&H 2-20 can hang with any modern intermediate clarinet. Contact David Spiegelthal about this as he does a lot of work on B&H clarinets and worked on a couple of mine.

As for whether it would be an upgrade from a student Yamaha clarinet, assuming that you are talking about a YCL-250, YCL-20, or similar plastic model then I would say that the B&H would definitely be an upgrade.

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