Anybody heard of J.E. Ray Denver-New York

[DaveLeBlanc]

I got a clarinet marked J.E. Ray Denver-New York.

Seeing as its only marked on the bell, I feel that it is one of the many music shop stencils from teh 60s.  The wood is pretty good, but it appears that the keywork is a little low quality; the plating has started to flake off instead of normal rub wear.

Anybody know more about it?

[philpedler]

Another new one for me. I took a look at eBay and found about 5 new ones for clarinetpages.net just last night.

Post some pictures!

[DaveLeBlanc]

Here are a couple of pictures.

The top sections seems to be made of a darker, ebony-like wood, while the lower section is a more redder grenadilla kind of look (to my untrained eye, anyways).

The serial numbers are stamped in odd places (sideways on the side of the instrument).