Back in September 2013, I posted a photo from cousin Mike O'Brien titled "The Unknown Musician." The photo was undated, and I made an assumption that it was from Indianapolis in the 1940s. Over the weekend, I received another message from Mike, with a copy of an advertisement below for Selmer clarinets. Apparently Selmer was a distributor for my great-grandfather Harry O'Brien's clarinets and mouthpieces. The person on the right of the ad, Gino Cioffi, looks a lot like the unknown musician in the photo I posted in 2013.
Cioffi was an Italian clarinetist who played for many years with the Boston Symphony. His name also appears in a 10 May 1947 Indianapolis Star article as one of many musicians who played with Harry's crystal mouthpieces and frequently visited the music store in Indianapolis.
Mike's note also corrected me that the son in the photo was not Lowell, but was his father Harry O'Brien Jr.
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| Selmer advertisement, via Mike O'Brien. |
Mike's note also corrected me that the son in the photo was not Lowell, but was his father Harry O'Brien Jr.
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