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Re: British band instrument co' Cambridge clarinet

Author: Chris P
Date: 2023-01-04 05:25

I picked up my first Series 2-20 in 1986 while visiting Texas that summer - serial no. 234701 should anyone happen to know of its whereabouts as it got stolen from my locker when I was in college back in 1989 (I don't want it back, but it would be nice to know if someone else benefitted from it).

I'd never seen nor heard of the 2-20 in the UK and also never seen a B&H clarinet with a metal bell ring until then. Besides the name, it's identical to an Edgware. The only one I did see here was in an orange plastic case with a corrugated section on the lid which I assume was the then stock case for their export models.

With Edgwares, there are loads of stencil models of that same specification - wooden body with nickel plated keywork, either with or without a metal bell ring. The B&H Marlborough, Besson "55" and Westminster, Rudall Carte Starline and Romilly Rondo being some examples.

And at the time, B&H were one of the very few companies offering entry or intermediate level wooden clarinets in both Bb and A (as well as both Bb and A Edgwares being offered in machined PVC).

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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