Yesterday at an antique mall, I noticed a clarinet in a display cabinet. Its case was what tipped me off that I needed to take a closer look at it. The case was a typical mid-century, German case, identical in construction to what the Hohner, JK, Hammerschmidt, and D&J saxes came in.
When I asked to take a look at the clarinet, it turned out to be a wooden clarinet, carrying the brand name Jubilee--obviously a stencil--that still had its original leather pull through and tin cork grease case as well. There were no obvious cracks in the wood, and the pads seem like they're in decent shape. The corks need to be greased before I attempt to put it together and try and give the thing a blow mind you, but from what I saw in the mall, it was pretty clear to me that this thing was someone's baby. It and the case were in amazing condition.
Since the price was only $48.00, needless to say, I bought it, only because I figured it would be a nice friend to my 2 JK-stencilled Jubilee saxophones (Toneking stencils).
Honestly, it's been many, many years since I played clarinet, and my knowledge of the instrument has faded into oblivion. I was always more of a bass clarinet player anyway. In any event, I was wondering if anyone had heard of the Jubilee brand before, and had any idea of who might have stencilled it. A quick search this morning netted me a big fat 0.
The clarinet is stamped W. Germany, and is serial # 1170XX. It appears to have nickel plated keys.
The lighting hasn't been good enough to take photos yet this morning, but when it is, I'll take some, and post them on my site. I'll update this thread with a link when they're up.
Oh, and sadly, it's a Boehm system instrument. (An Albert would have been way more interesting, at least for me.)
Thanks for any light anyone might be able to shed, on this mysterious little German instrument.
When I asked to take a look at the clarinet, it turned out to be a wooden clarinet, carrying the brand name Jubilee--obviously a stencil--that still had its original leather pull through and tin cork grease case as well. There were no obvious cracks in the wood, and the pads seem like they're in decent shape. The corks need to be greased before I attempt to put it together and try and give the thing a blow mind you, but from what I saw in the mall, it was pretty clear to me that this thing was someone's baby. It and the case were in amazing condition.
Since the price was only $48.00, needless to say, I bought it, only because I figured it would be a nice friend to my 2 JK-stencilled Jubilee saxophones (Toneking stencils).
Honestly, it's been many, many years since I played clarinet, and my knowledge of the instrument has faded into oblivion. I was always more of a bass clarinet player anyway. In any event, I was wondering if anyone had heard of the Jubilee brand before, and had any idea of who might have stencilled it. A quick search this morning netted me a big fat 0.
The clarinet is stamped W. Germany, and is serial # 1170XX. It appears to have nickel plated keys.
The lighting hasn't been good enough to take photos yet this morning, but when it is, I'll take some, and post them on my site. I'll update this thread with a link when they're up.
Oh, and sadly, it's a Boehm system instrument. (An Albert would have been way more interesting, at least for me.)
Thanks for any light anyone might be able to shed, on this mysterious little German instrument.