Klarinet Archive - Posting 000905.txt from 1998/05

From: Ed Maurey <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: [kl] 1957 Selmer Centered Tone
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:42:21 -0400

Ken,
Your Centered Tone has a .587" bore. The Series 9 starting in 1960 is
.584". I've played both and definitely recommend the stock C.T. barrel
with a precisely matched mouthpiece bore. The Series 9 barrel is an
attempt to mate with the small bored mouthpieces which by 1960 had
become the norm. It's stuffy. With the right bored mouthpiece
you'll find your middle twelfths are excellent [always try your B flat-F
interval , unlipped].
Yeah, the Selmer people are pretty useless. Hell, I doubt if any of
them are musicians, let alone clarinetists.
Ed Maurey
Millville, New Brunswick, Canada

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