The ClarinetPages Forum

I appreciate the offer and may take you up on it.

How close is the hook for the spring on it to the post with the spring?  If the hook is too far from the end, it hits the post underneath it? 
I tried a key from a Hard Rubber Malerne and it was hitting. 
I measure this one as 16.5mm from the nearest end of the rod to the far end of the spring hook. 
(Sorry, I am terrible with terminology.)

Very close.

If you can shave 1.5mm from the top of the rod without creating alignment issues, I may have your solution.

Your clarinet looks indistinguishable from a parts Henry Gunckel clarinet I have from the same period.  It's yours for shipping if you have any interest. 

Alternately, you may be able to graft a bridge actuator to the upper key from any old horn to restore function.

Parts are tricky, and damage to 100-year-old circuits is easy with the wrong juice. 

There is very little info on my particular radio, but it's a Neutrodyne, and those circuits are well documented.

I do recall Olson's.  They were great.

It measures 56.5mm

Thanks for all the photos.

Your clarinet appears to be from 1918-1921.

Oof.  That broken upper bridge key might be tricky to replace. 

Please measure the total length of the rod assembly, between posts.  Is it 2 9/32" (58mm)?  If it is, I think I may have one for you.

You're welcome, Jeabrams. Once in a while we pass through Edgewood on the way to Albuquerque, a 4 hour drive. There in Edgewood, you escape the sprawling madness that has become of Albuquerque. I remember when we moved to Gallup downturn of aerospace early 1990's, Albuquerque was a nice small city, 2 hours away.

Amarillo (NE), Lubbock (SE), Roswell (S) are all only 95 miles and 2 hours away. If we need to do special shopping, they are our go-to places.

There is another, a saxist who I think also plays clarinet on one of the forums from Santa Fe.

Glad to see Windsong that you found a source to A/C power your vintage tube radio. His price is really not bad considering. I would have expected maybe double that.

I would have probably resorted to my 1968 ARRL Handbook that I have squirreled away somewhere, read up on their section of power supplies and sample circuitry. I think I still have the 1956 one that belonged to my father squirreled away somewhere.

But finding sources for some of those components these days, since majority have gone solid state might be a harder find. I used to mail order stuff from B.G. Micro through their newspaper flyer back in the 1970's - 1980's, they are no more. And, remember Ohlson Electronics?

365 pF variable capacitors for broadcast band tuners were common as dirt in the 1960's and 1970's and less than a couple bucks from Radio Shack, Newark Electronics, and etc. Today they are $40 starting:

Amazon - 365 pF Variable Capacitor CCW Rotation


Although one can find a crystal earphone suitable for a crystal radio set for under $10.

Ghostler,

Fantastic to see a fellow New Mexican in here. Clovis is south of me up here in Edgewood. My Pedler is one of three metal clarinets I have. I have restored a King and a Supertone (sears version of a Cundy-Bettony). The metal ones are very crisp sounding and surprise most people on how rich and full they are... nothing like a large bore wood instrument though.... Thank you and cheers!  Oh and I like it "Christmas" on the huevos! Almost forgot. Bettony produced the Cadet metal clarinets specifically for US military bands. I think othe makers did too though I'm not sure what Pedler may have provided

Here's the lower.

Here's photos of the upper.  I just noticed that the upper bridge is broken and missing.