Klarinet Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 1996/12

From: thehat@-----.org
Subj: Re: Selmer 37 Low C Bass
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 02:28:55 -0500

Your guess is correct. According to Jerome Selmer (of Selmer, Paris), there
has NEVER been a Selmer bass clarinet tuned to A-440. The Amercian
instruments are generally shipped with longer necks than the European ones.
Somehow, some of the new model 37s have accidentally arrived in the US with
the shorter necks. Getting the correct length neck will get you as close as
is possible to A-440. The tuning of indivudial notes is up to you and your
technician.

David Hattner
clarinetist-at-large, NYC

In a message dated 12-02-96 INTERNET: mipresc@-----.IN wrote to ** ALL **:
Im> Christopher Zello wrote, in part:

>I am looking for insight from others who have tried the newest model
>Selmer 37 low C bass clarinet.

>When comparing a colleague's 37 to my older model 33 we discovered the
>When new
>one's neck is 1/4" shorter! The sound is great, and key work has clearly
>been redesigned for the better, and so forth (I could speak of the great
>qualities of this instrument. . .), but the neck! Why on earth did they
>change the neck?

Im> -Snip-

Im> My guess is, like Yamaha's custom saxophone, it is tuned to A 442.
Im> Pitch is rising again! (Better sharp than out of tune).

Im> Steve

Im> Steve Prescott Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist Indiana State
Im> University mipresc@-----.edu

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