Klarinet Archive - Posting 000099.txt from 1996/01

From: Dave Lane <davelane@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Selmer Signet Clarient
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 01:08:19 -0500

Julie:

Is this a Signet 100? If it is, I'll be glad to send you the short review
that Lee Gibson wrote several years ago for "The Clarinet". In short, and
from memory, he said something like it was "the fastest clarinet in the
west" referring to it's responsiveness, then gently stated that it could not
possibly be played in tune with most contemporary clarinets.

The experience of a friend (a private lesson teacher) is that half of each
lesson is taken up by having to adjust the horn for the student to make it
play again. I have given up on the two that were still being played in our
local high school band and fixed up some used Evettes for those kids.

The kid may have had the right idea. Perhaps it should remain in the dusty
closet!

Best Regards

Dave Lane

At 09:37 PM 1/4/96 EST, you wrote:
>To: IN: Klarinet@-----.bitnet
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>My dad is a high school orchestra teacher and we found a B-flat Selmer
>Signet clarinet shoved in the back corner of the instrument closet. I
>can't believe we found it, the case was coated with thick dust. The
>case has the nice dusty smell of not being opened in years. Anyway,
>what are these clarinets like. Are they very well liked? I haven't
>tried it yet because it is rather smelly and needs a few new pads. It
>has a serial number of 10978. Anyone know how old it is? I think it
>had been there for a while (typical of my high school some kid
>graduated and just forgot about it.) How can I get rid of the awful
>smell?
> Julianne Kirk
> juliek@-----.org
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