Harry Pedler silver Bb clarinet, pro model!

Here's a really neat old Harry Pedler silver clarinet.  Now to be honest silver clarinets are not very uncommon, but Professional model ones are!  This is not your run of the mill student clarinet.   This was made by the folks at Harry Pedler who made a fine, wonderful sounding instrument. 
Two things to notice, first being the removable bell.   The top line models of the Pedlers will always have this. Also the barrel is fixed but has an adjustable feature (it turns in/out).
At some point the Harry Pedler firm was sold to Martin,  who continued to make instruments with the "Pedler" name.  There are many old "Pedler" student clarinets out there!  If you find one like this , that says Harry Pedler with removable bell and adjustable barrel,  you've got gold!

This one played with minor tweeking,  I thought it was a lovely instrument,  doesn't get too much better than this really.

Couesnon Monople II alto saxophone

Wow these horns are really cool.  This is a French made Couesnon Monople II alto sax.   Check out those key guards!   Very nice French build here.  In reading about these people really say they have a great sound, unfortunately this one needed a complete overhaul and I couldn't see getting around to it anytime soon so I passed it on.   I can tell by looking it over that it was made with great care and skill.  I've been impressed with Couesnon clarinets in the past,  this is the first of their saxes I've seen...can't wait to see another!

Selmer Paris Bb clarinet

Here's a nice old Henri Selmer Bb clarinet.
Probably made in the 1920s, the serial # is worn away!
What makes this instrument special is the addition of the 7th ring!  Don't see too many 7 ring models around.  Of course these are nicely made, lovely sounding French instruments here.  Every old Selmer I've had through I've fallen for,  just a classic sound!

Conn New Wonder II alto sax

Another fantastic old Conn here!  This is a New Wonder II alto, original and with nice clean lacquer.  They didn't offer lacquer as an option at this point, so this instrument was a bare brass horn that received its first lacquer later on in life.  Its well done!   The engraving style is the "neat" type, no picture just "CG Conn LTD".  
I overhauled the micro tuner neck and made some adjustments but this horn didn't need much to be quite the singer!  These are such lovely horns.  

Leblanc Classic Bb clarinet

Here's a darn fine Bb clarinet by Leblance, the "Classic" model. 
This was a top line instrument when it came out in the 1960's.  Apparently Jimmy Hamilton of the Duke Ellington band played one!  That's cool.  For some reason old Leblanc's are undervalued,  I'm not sure why.  This instrument played & sounded as well as any Bb clarinet I've had.

Henri Bouchet alto sax (German)

Here's a nice German made alto sax, perhaps from the 1960's?  Doing a little digging I found that this was made by a small firm called Dorfler & Jorka.
The build quality is good, very solid.
Rolled tone holes!
The neck socket screw was very unique, its a small knob on the back of the horn's body.  Neat!
All in all I was quite please with this horn,  it had a wonderful sound & looked pretty cool too!  I'm not a huge fan of the lacquer color but oh well.

Kohlert Winnenden Bb clarinet

I've bought & sold quite a few old Kohlert clarinets,  they are consistently available for cheap and once restored make fine players.  Up until now I've only worked on the instruments from Kraslice/Graslitz,  except for a Winnenden bass I posted about earlier. 
This is the 1st Winnenden Bb clarinet I've had.   I've been curious because the consensus online seems to be that the Winnenden era Bb clarinets are so so.....
And what did I find?  At first glance things seem similar, not quite identical to the earlier instruments but I can still see a resemblance.  This one in particular was very clean & original.....and ended up playing just "ok".   I'm not sure what it is,  I can't put my finger on it,  but they really aren't as good as the earlier Kraslice/Graslitz instruments.  Certainly not bad by any means, but I won't be going out of my way to pick any more of these up.