1932 Selmer Metal. Owned by Ron Reuben via Stuart Hirsch and Tom Puwalski Dennis Strawley plays The Music of Eddie Daniels (Unacommpanied) Solfeggio/Metamorphosis. Solo by Eddie Daniels Trans. by Miles Osland.
From Wikipedia: Gaston Hamelin moved to the United States in 1926 to assume the seat of principal clarinetist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He performed with that group from 1926 to 1932, but was reportedly not offered a contract renewal because conductor Serge Koussevitzky disapproved of his practice of playing on a metal Selmer instrument instead of one made of the more traditional grenadilla wood.
This horn needs a good overhaul but I am impressed how well it plays, needing one.
This recording was made on a horn similar to what Gaston Hamelin would have played at that time. But something tells me he wasn't playing this kind of music on it!