Messages 4. Am i reading the serial number link above correctly when it appears that this is around a 1910 horn? They are made of pot metal and can break.Charles-Just checked completed auctions on eBay. Benny Goodman (during his height) played Selmers, as did Artie Shaw. Not only that, it is a backpack case as well.You get your moneys worth here i can tell you. Please ask for details.Provided you are resident in the U.K I can send these to you on approval. I have given it a good overhaul, using brown leather pads, so is all ready to go. These went for around $150 and under. Try to find them. Ideal for intermediate or seasoned player. It is a wooden instrument and has the advantage over a plastic one in that you get a far better sound. Boosey& Hawkes owned Buffet Crampon from 1983- 2003 So they know how to build quality clarinets. From 1954, use the Boosey &Hawkes list From 2006, first two digits are the year of manufacture. Does anyone know the value of this or a source where I can get a free appraisal?-I posted this further down under the previous discussion but for your convenience, I'll repost here.to the list at this site, that serial number places it in about 1975. If it's a Boosey & Hawkes Emperor it will be a wooden clarinet. Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Besson (Boosey and Hawkes) Serial Number List 1974-2002 This chart is primarily intended to help with the identification of Sovereign Cornets but will help with Identifying other Boosey and Hawkes made brass instruments. From 1954, use the Boosey &Hawkes list. Not surprisingly, it has that English sound. I am afraid I do not know the age of these instruments however the serial numbers are:-351456 & 347664If you live in the U.K I can arrange for you to have these lovely clarinets on approval. Would suite an intermediate or advanced player who wishes to upgrade. In order to give them a test drive, so to speak. The modern Buffet 400 (and similar) are Asian-made and do not follow these serial number charts. That is to say that it was stripped down, the body oiled, re corked and re padded with brown leather pads. I have found a decent ebonite mouthpiece to go with it, plus a lig and cap. Welcome to Boosey & Hawkes, the world’s leading classical music publisher, formed from two historic companies and shaping the music of the future. Ecalpemos: Besson (Boosey and Hawkes) Serial Number List 1974. I am also throwing in a brand new case.If you live in the U.K I could let you try it out on approval.Free Postage U.K only.Price: £495.00   plus UK shipping: £0.00. Incidentally,there are no cracks,splits,chips or pinning. No cracks, pinning, Chips, etc. Search; Contact; Wednesday, September 12, 2012. A few were the 2-20.Also I personally would never pay very much for any instrument with pot metal keys as once they break they are virtually non-repairable. When I get around to it I'll have them replated. However, from 1874 until 2002 for their brass instruments Boosey For a chart of those models, see, Leblanc does not give out serial number charts. I use it for classical work, but I use a Selmer for jazz. The publications and documents include loan exhibition catalogues, object labels, inventories and the published catalogue of the Collection Baines, 1972). And it seems to me that the emperor is of the better quality B&H horns? Neither has any cracks in the body or been pinned, no chips etc. Boosey And Hawkes Imperial Euphonium Serial Numbers >> DOWNLOAD (Mirror #1) Boosey And Hawkes Imperial Euphonium Serial Numbers >> DOWNLOAD (Mirror #1) Watch & Learn teaches business English speaking skills. The key work I am afraid is rather worn though but hardly surprising with an older instrument. Perfect for someone an intermediate player looking to upgrade. Here is a rather unusual wooden clarinet. I have oiled the body,inside and out .I have oiled the key work which is in very good condition. This instrument is suitable for an intermediate or advanced player. Comes with a mouth piece each, along with ligature and cap. That type of instrument was almost certainly made for export to the USA so is unlikely to be in high pitch,.....it sould be marked 'LP'. Saxophones Imperial Boosey & Hawkes Alto. Czech Made for Boosey and Hawkes. Serial No is 185421.If you live in the U.K I can arrange for you to have it on approval. The instruments they sold were mostly from other makers, often with the actual maker's serial number stamped on. Except for the ST-90 I and EX-90 I and II, the ST-90 and EX-90 were not made by Keilwerth and probably do not have Keilwerth serial numbers. If you ask them, EXCESSIVELY NICELY, about a serial number off a horn you, 2. The Boosey Company maintained separate serial number sequences for flutes and reed instruments throughout their history as an independent company. In 1948, the group Boosey & Hawkes acquired the Besson London brand. Pete Fountain used a Selmer early on, then became synonymous with his own large bore model Leblanc. It has an odd serial number on the back of the #2 valve A00022 (unlike any Besson serial numbers I've ever seen). We currently manufacture or distribute several brands of wind instruments. I had gotten a Boosey and Hawkes Edgeware. Elena Kats-Chernin "[She] appears to achieve the impossible, … Perfect for someone an intermediate player looking to upgrade. Thread starter JessMorys; Start date Aug 28, 2012; J. JessMorys New Member. Then you are stuck with trying to find another horn.RE: Old Boosey & HawkeAuthor:Date: 1999-07-01 19:42I've bought (on eBay) and fully restored/overhauled three of them (so far), all 'The Edgware' models, a wooden one from 1945 (with the brittle pot-metal keys you mention), a hard-rubber one (1954, with cast keys of nickel-plated brass), and another wood one (1957, cast nickel-plated brass keys). If you decided to play around with the serial numbers on http://www.doctorsax.biz/beaugnier_ser_nos.htm, note that he doesn't differentiate between the Leblanc System (two/three versions), Rationale (whichever spelling you wish) and Semi Rationale (two versions). Thanks to Greg G for this wonderful summary information about B&H clarinets! Nearly all of the old New Orleans masters-including Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, Barney Bigard, Jimmie Noone, Omer Simeon, and others, played Selmer Albert system horns. Key work I 've played, and the wooden ones are usually as. 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