I get to see so many wonderful instruments on a daily basis that I thought it might be nice to share some of them on a separate page. This page will continue to be updated so check back in order to see everything.
This is one of my favorites. It is a piccolo clarinet that sounds an octave above the Bb Soprano clarinet. It was made in the 1930s by the Kalison company, in Milan. Kalison is better known for their low brass and saxophone instruments but also produced this clarinet. Not very common and extremely interesting.
From left to right: Normandy Eb, Kalison Piccolo, Bettoney Metal Eb, Berthold C Clarinet, P.X. Laube Albert System Metal Clarinet, Conn Pan American.
The Paper Clip. A Le Blanc Paris Bass Clarinet in Bb.
Here is an alto clarinet showing manual/independent register keys.
Prototype semi curved soprano saxophone from the Le Blanc factory.
And a C Melody Saxophone from
Le Blanc
This is a Bass Clarinet to low C marked Hammerschmidt, made by Uebel.
This is an interesting horn that Greg brought to share with the class. The instrument utilizes valves as well as crooks in order to play in different keys. It was made by Schuster & Co. in Markneukirchen, Germany.
Here you can see the valve section. The levers use clock springs contained in a housing to return to position.
According to
The New Langwill Index, Schuster & Co. were brass instrument makers and musical instrument dealers established in 1881 by Arnold Schuster, through the purchase of Paulus & Schuster. By 1926 Schuster & Co. added "established 1862" to their marking which would date this instrument between 1881 and 1926.
Here you can see the additional crooks which allow the horn to be keyed in different pitches.
