Klarinet Archive - Posting 000856.txt from 1997/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Once More With Feeling
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 14:36:18 -0400

At 10:23 AM 10/21/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Yes, I'm still seeking info re: older Selmers:
>
>What were the features and changes from model to model, that is,
>Was there some specific goal for the Balanced Tone model?
>What were the new goals or what was changed to create the Centered Tone,
>Series 9, Series 9*?
>Which are good jazz/swing instruments? Which had problems?
>
>Thanks, Michael.
>
I believe the Series 10 was the first Selmer with a polycylindrical bore,
which of course suggests that Series 9 instruments are cylindrical. I
THINK the earlier models, like the Centered Tone, were relatively large
bore. I also believe Goodman played Selmers for a while in the 30's-40's.
Other than that, I'd like to hear the answers to your other questions myself!

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