Antique Musical Instruments/swallow clarinet ?

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Expert: - 4/24/2005


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would like to know bout this clarinet my father letf me 25 years ago.Its written the model name as SWALLOW .
please tell me more about this particular clarinet ? how old you think it is ? (its been with me for about 25 years) how much do you think its worth ?
thank you very much. hope to hear from you soon.  

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Are there any more markings on the instrument?

My area is supposed to be brass instruments, but I looked up this name in my reference books, and didn't find a manufacturer or the trade name of Swallow.  

Sorry I'm not much help on this one.

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Please note: My area is BRASS instruments, not other wind, string or percussion instruments. I will provide information on antique, obscure and out of production BRASS instruments. 1) Please don't ask for evaluations, I'll not provide them on this site. 2) I am often asked very similar questions, so I'd invite you to first check on Horn-u-Copia.net. Much of the information I have garnered about this topic, I have posted on this WEB site.

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I perform in several historical bands, have informally researched the area, repair brass instruments, and operate a Forum dedicated to the topic at http://horn-u-copia.net

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B.S. Ed, M.S.

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