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Own Up! Who Bought It?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-11-06 22:44
Attachment: hawkes&soncclarinet.jpg (201k)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXCELSIOR-SONOROUS-CLASS-HAWKES-SON-C-CLARINET-FULLY-OVERHAULED-/121201383372?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=%252FypaZjocXLwtrh9jMtJBz75OOS4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

If only I hadn't already bought the Masspacher C clarinet, I definitely would've bought this one as it already has the forked Eb/Bb mechanism on the top joint (a LH Ab/Eb lever can always be fitted).

Looks like a nice one and in excellent condition, so I do hope the buyer is pleased with it. If by chance it happens to be someone on here, then please let us know what it's like.

I've copied and attached a photo of it so you can still see what I'm on about once the listing gets deleted. Here's what the listing says about this clarinet:

"A UNIQUE AND RARE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A FULLY REFERBISHED EXTREMELY WELL MANUFACTURED SONOROUS HAWKES & SON CLARINET IN THE KEY OF C.

CAREFUL PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION OF THE CLARINET LEADS ME CONVINCED THE KEYWORK IS SOLID SILVER. WHEN MANUFACTURED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY EXPENSIVE INSTRUMENT IF THERE ARE ANY AFICIONADOS OUT THERE WHO CAN ENLIGHTEN ME FURTHER ON THESE PARTICULAR C CLARINETS I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION.

THE WOOD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, NO CRACKS, NO REPAIRS. THE CLARINET HAS HAD A FULL OVERHAUL WITH LEATHER PADS, NEW CORKS AND CRITICALLY ADUSTED, CLEANED AND OILED.

THE CLARINET IS IN FULL WORKING ORDER AND HAS A WONDERFUL TONE THROUGHOUT ITS FULL RANGE AND INCLUDES TWO BARRELS.

THE CLARINET IS AN EXCELLENT BUY OF A COLLECTOR, MUSEUM, ORCHESTRAL/BAND PLAYER AND ANYONE WHO WILL APPRECIATE THE QUALITY AND HISTORY OF THIS FINE CLARINET.

THE HAWKES & SON EXCELSIOR SONOROUS CLASS CLARINETS ARE VERY FINE LARGE-BORE ENGLISH INSTRUMENTS, THIS CLARINET IS NO EXCEPTION WITH ITS FANTASTIC OPEN SOUND. THE HAWKES & SON EXCELSIOR SONOROUS CLARINETS WERE THE TOP OF THE LINE INSTRUMENTS MADE IN ENGLAND FROM 1910 - 1930. FAMOUS UK PLAYERS SUCH AS CHARLES DRAPER, REGINALD KELL, FREDERICK THURSTON, ETC USED THE EXCELSIOR CLARINETS.

"Charles Draper had some involvement with Hawkes...he would go to Hawkes and test instruments for pro players and pupils of his, scratching an X on the back of the ones that he thought were of good quality."

THIS PARTICULAR C CLARINET HAS THE X 1 ABOVE THE THUMBPLATE WHICH INDICATES THIS IS A HIGHLY APPROVED, QUALITY INSTRUMENT.

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS INSTRUMENT BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PETER EATON MOUTHPIECE OR A ENGLISH BORE MOUTHPIECE CONSISTENT WITH THE INSTRUMENT."

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

Post Edited (2013-11-08 02:21)

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