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RE: B&H 1010 vs. B&H 926

Author: graham
Date: 2001-10-31 08:34

I own a 1010 Imperial dated 1955. As said above, these are stamped Symphony/1010 in plain letters above and below "Imperial", which is written in cursive writing as you might expect from a 1950s/60s style of logo image. It has been said that 1010s of this period are the best ever produced, but others say the earliest 1010s of 1930s are the best. Having played both (1930s very briefly) they certainly seemed different.

An Imperial is a down market 926. They are the same bore etc. An Imperial plays on a 926 mouthpiece. They tended to come with a 593 mouthpiece (rubbish) and the first upgrade you did was to get the 926 mouthpiece. I doubt the Imperial has the tone hole undercutting etc. that a 926 probably had (I don't know exactly what the 926 had in this area). Imperials sound great when they are on song. The later ones were often sharp (to cope with children playing flat) and the key work went out of regulation easily. Earlier Imperials, like Edgwares, were better in this regard. All B&H clarinets of this period had ringless bells.

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