[Dixielandjazz] Metal Clarinets

[Mike]

Oh yes I remember some of those lines. I had a Conn Pan American 
trombone and played on a King Cleveland for a brief time. Some 
of the later Selmer Bundy instruments weren't bad either. If 
fact, I know a tenor player who won't part with his.

Mike



confit at isp.com wrote:
> I didn't follow the whole thread on this, but thought I would add what I
> know about metal clarinets, as an avid researcher into early instrument
> manufacturing (and an amateur clarinetist).
> 
> Prior to World War II there was no such thing as "student" instruments.
> There were a variety of "lines" of instruments, some more expensive than
> others. Conn had a lesser expensive line named Pan American. Martin had
> Indiana; King had Cleveland, etc. They were NOT student instruments; they
> were just less expensive, probably made with fewer frills than the top of
> the line horns.