Help! I need to know what clarinet this is and around what year it was made.

[clarinetlover26]

I got this old clarinet and i need help figuring out what clarinet this it. I think is was made anywhere from 1920-1940. It was my greats aunts passed down to my grandmother then to me. On the bell it says Pan-American DIV.C.G.CONN, LTD.U.S.A. The serial number is 114551. It has a red inside of the case and the outside it brown but kinda looks like alligator skin.

[DaveLeBlanc]

Wrong sub forum, but that’s alright.

Like it says in the bell, it’s a Pan-American which was a division of CG Conn, Ltd.

It’s more likely from the late 30s or 40s, but pictures will help.

Those faux-alligator skin cases were all the rage back then, but are rarely actual reptiles skin.

[350 Rocket]

With that serial number, probably 1950 or 1951.

I don't have my notes handy at the moment, but I do recall that serial number 100000 was reached in 1950.

[brigaltman]

I did a little research, I found this clarinet was made in 1935. You never mentioned if this is a metal, wood or hard rubber instrument.