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RE: Old Boosey & Hawke

Author: Dee
Date: 1999-06-30 02:32

Julie wrote:
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I have an old wood Boosey & Hawke serial number 155452. I know it's over 40 years old. Does anyone know the value of this or a source where I can get a free appraisal?
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I posted this further down under the previous discussion but for your convenience, I'll repost here.

http://www.musictrader.com/serialnos.html

According to the list at this site, that serial number places it in about 1975. Are you sure about the serial number?

Basically any clarinet under about 60 years old is competing in the used clarinet market not the antique market. Therefore its value will depend strictly on condition and what level of instrument it originally was. On the eBay auction, their "Fogware" and "Edgeware" models end up at between $50 and $100. The professional models that they made don't show up too often on eBay. The one or two that I have seen have gone for only a couple of hundred dollars. This is because everyone is looking for the names that are popular today (Buffet, Leblanc, and Selmer).

Also Boosey and Hawkes was formed in 1934 by a merger between two large London makers (Boosey & Co. and Hawkes & Sons). So even if it was made shortly after their merger, it still wouldn't be an antique.

However if it has one of the parent companies names rather than specifically "Boosey & Hawkes," then it might be old enough to be an antique as the parent firms were both founded well over 100 years ago and might have a value slightly more than that of just a used clarinet.

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