Klarinet Archive - Posting 000094.txt from 1999/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bundy Wood Body Clarinet
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 00:19:52 -0400

At 01:59 PM 9/4/1999 EDT, LeliaLoban wrote:
> Selmer USA began making its own saxes in Elkhart, Indiana (instead of
>stencilling the Selmer N.Y. name onto Bueschers and Conns) in 1927,
>evidently, but I don't know whether any clarinets continued with the "Bundy"
>label but no Selmer markings after that or exactly when production stopped
on
>the Bundy clarinets with no Selmer markings.
>
I don't know if they really started making their own saxes THAT early, but
later Bundy saxes (post-Buescher acquisition) are basically the Buescher
design. In fact, the same line made both Buescher and Bundy saxes, the
difference being clear vs. gold lacquer, until the Buescher name was phased
out.

Production of Bundy clarinets has not yet stopped. They just CALL them
Selmer USA now. The Selmer 1401 is the Bundy 577 (.577 bore), and the 1400
is the old .590 Bundy. No change but the name badge.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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