[Dixielandjazz] Metal Clarinets

[Gene Hovland]

I bought a metal clarinet about two years ago that was manufactured by The 
Regent Instrument Company, Cleveland OH.  It was well preserved in the 
original case.  I cleaned it up and it looks great.  I called someone I knew 
that had owned a music store.  He said the 1st clarinets were the Albert 
system metal clarinets followed by the Boehem system, followed by the Regent 
Instrument Company clarinets.

Gene Hovland

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Guarino" <russg at redshift.com>
To: "Gene Hovland" <hvlnd at rushmore.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Metal Clarinets


>I grew up on a metal clarinet.  A "Continental Colonial".
>
> As a kid, I was embarrassed because everyone else played a wooden 
> clarinet.
>
> Later, based on a thread in this mailing list, I learned much.  One] 
> There is nothing wrong with a metal clarinet. They play well and
> do not go out of tune in fog & colder weather. Two]  They were more costly 
> to produce than plastic/wood and gradually faded from the
> market  Three]  They used the Boehem system of fingering.
>
> I continue to use the metal when I play in colder weather, outside, when 
> my wooden instrument goes haywire with its intonation. I just
> transfer my regular mouthpiece and blow.
>
> Russ Guarino
> Clarinet maven
>
> David Washburn wrote:
>
>> There were some good metal clarinets made. I restored one that my dad 
>> played
>> back in the forties. It plays well and in tune. While opinions differ, I
>> believe the majority of sound characteristic is created by the person and
>> the mouthpiece. I have never seen an Albert metal clarinet. That does not
>> mean they were not made. But I think in the brief period of manufacture 
>> of
>> the metal clarinet the Boehem system was pretty much accepted as the
>> standard.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave in Dallas
>>
>> On 9/2/07, Mike <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I read some time ago that Lester Young used to play on a metal
>> > clarinet. What are the sound qualities and benefits to having a
>> > metal versus wood? Were most of these metal ones an Albert
>> > system type? I think I remember hearing that metal clarinets are
>> > long out of production.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> >
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