A Harry Pedler by any other name...

...is worth three and a half times one with his namesake.  Go figure.

(and the "France" in quotes is a nice touch. 🤣)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/314969357544

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The seller certainly knows what he has.  A shame the ivory is cracked:

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Well, by gum--I just glimpsed in one of my photos, a stamp that had evaded my notice until just now:
On the barrel, it says France.   It does not say "Made in France", which would have been the new mandatory for all US imports in 1907.  And because it is in English, it was clearly intended for an English speaking market.

This narrows things down a bit, and I can be reasonably well assured it was made prior to 1907.

Yes--that certainly seems to be a high likelihood!

And the manufacturer was clever.  The heavy keys are very nice Nic/Sil (but file marks are left on the undersides), and the springs are excellently crafted and very responsive.  This is excellent news, because they would be quite troubling to remanufacture--at least for me.  The post screws are the best I have ever had the pleasure to work with, and the body is exceptional.  If clearly not made of the finest wood, at least they chose well for strength.  (The springs bear directly on wood, and wear is virtually non-existent.  No cracks (yet) at all, and socket rings are present and tight.  There are a couple solid, tiny blemishes, near the top of the LJ--about a third the size of a pea, each, and close to one another. Upon initial inspection, I supposed that it must have been pinned.  However, I see no other indicators of a split, and reckon that there were some surface imperfections that were filled in--due to a "seconds" blank.

In any event, I have decided not to restore her.  She is clean, and just fine as--is.  I have given her a decent cleanse and lube, and someone else can either do the same or better in another 100 years.  She's still drinking on some almond oil, but she's been wiped down, disinfected with orange oil,  (she was filthy, like window decor in a coal pricessing plant).  I have also gently cleaned and disinfected the pads with vinegar, and a quick swipe with isopropyl.  Afterwards, I conditioned the pads with leather lube, in an attempt to preserve them more for historical reference than for playability.

Now I am off to find some Coats and Clark matress thread in crimson, and the elusive replacement thumbrest, and I will call it a day on this little gem.

Larry,
My recommendation to you is to purchase every cheap, used mouthpiece you can find with clean tip, rails and table.  Experiment and see what fits you best.  This will evolve over time, and a mouthpiece you once loved may not continue to fill your needs, as your tastes and capabilities change. 

Assuming a relatively leak-free clarinet, no single change has a more profound impact on tone, clarity, and ultimately--confidence than one's MP.  It is the most critical component.  I do not have the metric capabilities to measure the floor and roof of mouthpieces, as I'd like, so I cannot provide anything scientific for evaluation. 

I have some mouthpieces that are fabulous in the Chalumeau, and lousy in the Clarion, and vice versa.  It gets a bit unnerving sometimes, as a reed change can have a drastic impact on how a mouthpiece played previously.  My assumption is that you will not have one MP that does everything for you, and will need at least three.  I have dozens and I go back and forth, making myself half-mad.  I will say that the Vandoren B45 is a very solid all-rounder, but I never found it exceptional at anything in particular.  But now, sometimes that is exactly what you need.  I have a great, very hard to play G. Bundy (3 facing) which I find phenominal in the higher Clarion, and rather dull in the Chalumeau.  It requires a tremendous amount of air, but it is remarkably crisp and consistent.  My Selmer HS* is a very fluid MP with a very wide range for bending, but I find without a rock crushing embouchure, it locks the reed closed against the tip, blocking all airflow, and squaks in the low Clarion, when I am not carrrying a consistent, extremely forceful charge of air.  It annoys me to no end. 

My favorites currently are a LeBlanc 2C from about 1950, a Woodwind Co. Robert Marcellus #3, and an un-branded 1920s-1930s Chedeville. 

One last thing:  Reed placement is critical.  When I fit a reed, I make sure it is as perfectly centered as I can eyeball, with just the ever-so-slightest bit of the tip visable (Quite literally just barely visible, so perhaps .002-.003" of an inch), and absolutely no more.  Never allow your reed to hang past the tip.

The tenons had been wrapped with stranded red hair.  I am dearly hoping it is horsehair.     It seemed to be matted together with bitumen, or somesuch.  Once removed, the tenons were all as clean as pins, and unmarred.
The bell is clearly stamped HP E, as is the UJ.  That's all good and well, but this little thing plays to 442HZ on my Korg Chromatic, give or take 10 cents in either direction, and I don't consider that HP.

Thank you very much.  It does seem a bit odd to have a pip just hanging out there, and it looks a bit awkward to cover, but I will experiment with it.  It arrives tomorrow, and is my first true salt spoon.
I do have simple systems with offset lumps but have not seen this feature before.
Again-regards.

By gum, it looks just like an oboe!  Crazy! 
Oh right--it's one of those Tarogatoboes!

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