1939 RARE KING SILVER CLARINET STERLING SILVER LINED W/BELL GOLD WASHED

Description: This Listing is for: VINTAGE KING SILVER LINED 4 PIECE CLARINET 1939 sterling silver GOLD WASHED bell This clarinet has tan leather pads which were put in before I bought it. They are in very good condition and should last for many more years. The body and keywork are in excellent condition considering its age, just showing very minimal amount of tarnish under the keys. Included is the original case which needs some TLC, however it functions just fine, just needs refinishing!The H.N. White Silver King is widely considered to be the greatest metal clarinet ever made.The clarinet is extraordinarily high quality, built to the highest professional standards of the day.It features the Boehm system with articulated C#/G#. It also features unique adjustment arms on the lower stack keys.This clarinet comes apart into four pieces - bell, barrel, and two body sections.This is one of the heaviest metal clarinets ever made, making it extremely solid and gives the instrument an interesting timbre that closely emulates that of a wood clarinet. From Then King 1940 Catalog:King Silver Lined Clarinet!The ultimate in Silver Clarinets. Something entirely new in Clarinets that will amaze you and bring joy and greater satisfaction to Clarinet players and band masters.An entirely new construction in Clarinets-a clarinet lined with 99% pure silver which produces a Better, Bigger Tone, Plays Easier, and is finer in Tone than any other Clarinet made.It is an accepted fact that Flutes made of silver are better than Flutes made of wood. This is not equally true of the new King Silver Lined Clarinet and can easily be proven by making a comparison of the new King Silver Lined Clarinet with any other Clarinet. The silver lining produces more tone, plays much easier, has finer quality of tone and besides being able to play greater fortissimo in both upper and lower registers. You can diminish a tone right down to a feather edge hardly audible, without breaking. This may sound hardly possible to those who have not tried the latest King Silver Lined Clarinet…To Band Directors: We guarantee you can greatly improve your Clarinet section, get better results, more and better tone, finer intonation and finer appearance with King Clarinets. --White Way News Catalog #12, 1940.Silver King Clarinet Condition:

Price: 1895 USD

Location: Lake Mary, Florida

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