Clarinet Display at Gorby's on Saturday

In conjunction with clarinetist Larry Combs' visit to Charleston, Gorby's will host a special viewing of rare clarinets, clarinet mouthpieces, books, and doctoral papers on the clarinet from the private collection and research library of Gorby's music.

This event will follow the clarinet master class by Combs at WVSU campus, Davis Fine Arts Building from 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 4.

Instruments on display:

• A reproduction of a Jacob Denner Baroque (ca.1700) clarinet in C in Turkish boxwood with four joints and two brass keys in A-415, made by Brian Ackerman in England.
• Very strange McIntyre system Bb clarinet
• An Albert system clarinet made by Albert.
• The Stubbins clarinet, made by Leblanc with an extra vent for the throat Bb.
• A soprano clarinet in Ab--very rare
• One of the ultra-fine German Oehler system clarinets as used to day in German symphony orchestras.
• Three soprano clarinets in Eb, D and C
• The "Atomic" clarinet plus many more clarinets and the world's rarest saxophone in the key of F with a low A key and range to high G.

For more details, call Gorby's Music, Inc. at (304) 744-9455.