Klarinet Archive - Posting 000527.txt from 1998/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Selmer Bass Cl
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 19:24:23 -0500

At 11:16 AM 3/8/98 EST, you wrote:
>Does anyone have the vintage of a Selmer Model 33 Bass Cl.; Ser. B64xx? I
>bought the instr. used in the mid 80's from Emilio Lyons at Rayburn Music in
>Boston. It's been a great, durable horn, but curious about the actual age.
>
>Thanks in advance
>Dave E.
>
I'm stumped. My serial number chart does not show a "B" series at all.
"A" series says 1978 to "present," but it may be an old chart (from
sneezy). The other letters ran about two years each, so a wild guess would
be about 1981.

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