RARE Vintage Jan Williams Bb Wood Clarinet USA John Phillip Sousa Band Member

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RARE Vintage Jan Williams Bb Wood Clarinet USA John Phillip Sousa Band Member:
$119.99

RARE Vintage Jan Williams Bb Wood Clarinet USA

The following information was taken from an article written by Jeff Williams, Jan Williamsson!

\"His clarinet factory used to stand on some of the ground where the U.N. is now. Pop played in Europe with Sousa in 1899 (at age 16!) and 1901. It was a small factory, with German craftsmen, lathes, etc. Pop would personally do the final tuning on each instrument. His individually-tuned clarinets were known for fabulous, rich tone. I still have some Grenadilla wood blocks somewhere. He imported the wood directly, then seasoned/aged the wood for 7-10 years before putting a tool to it. He had a foundry custom-make his keys, as I recall. His favorite was German silver, but he also had other choices available- silver and a gold alloy for special orders, I believe. Pop absolutely hated the idea of putting a local name on a foreign-made product; he was all for 100% American made product, and he cussed the government for trade policies that allowed cheaper foreign products to undercut the prices of his custom-made clarinets.\"

Additional information... Jan Williams was a member of the John Phillip Sousa band! Heis in the roster for 1910-1911.

Jan A. Williams (1884-1981) becameone of the youngest members of Sousa’s band when he joined in 1901 as aseventeen year old. Williams later played bass clarinet and basset-horn in theMetropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1913 to 1924 under Toscanini and he was theprincipal clarinetist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for a season in1927.179 He was also solo clarinetist with the Goldman Band, principalclarinetist with the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York under ModesteAltschuler, and spent twenty years as clarinetist at the radio station WOR.180He taught at the Juilliard School of Music (1928-1931) and became the musicaldirector of the Ernest Williams School of Music in 1947.

Credit for information : THECLARINETISTS OF THE JOHN PHILIP SOUSA BAND: 1892-1931, dissertation by JESSEDANIEL KREBS, Florida State University, 2006, available by searching on theInternet

The clarinetmost likely will need work. The barrel has a fine line crack and is not original to the clarinet. It says Freeman on it while other parts are marked Jan Williams N.Y.

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