| OLDER HOLTON COLLEGIATE METAL CLARINET & CASE |
| GREAT OLD CLARINET APPEARS TO BE NICKEL-PLATED. ENGRAVED IN THE BELL IT READS: "COLLEGIATE, MADE BY HOLTON, ELKHORN, WIS". SERIAL NUMBER ENGRAVED ON BELL: 137082. WHEN PUT TOGETHER IT MEASURES 26" FROM BELL TO REED. I'M NOT A CLARINET PLAYER, BUT THE KEYS ALL SEEM TO BE LOOSE AND FUNCTIONING SMOOTHLY. EVEN THE OLD PADS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. IT COMES WITH ALL THE PIECES PICTURED BELOW INCLUDING A CLOTH-COVERED DOVE-TAILED WOOD CASE LINED WITH BLUE. JUST ABOVE THE CORK ON THE PLASTIC MOUTHPIECE IS THE WORD "FRANCE". I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER WORDS. THE MOUTHPIECE SEEMS GOOD, NO CRACKS OR BITE MARKS, JUST THE AGE 'SCUFFS' OF THE METAL LIGATURE. THE REED PACKS IN THE CASE READS: PARKER MUSIC CO., 916 CAPITOL AVE., HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE OUTSIDE OF THE CASE ALSO HAS A BRASS LABEL FROM PARKER. I AM NO CLARINET EXPERT AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT TYPE OF OVERALL WORK IT MIGHT TAKE TO BE PLAYABLE, SO PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS. |
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