Klarinet Archive - Posting 000496.txt from 2000/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Selmer CTs and maintenance for morons(was:
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 18:42:10 -0400

At 09:27 AM 9/15/2000 -0400, Kenneth Wolman wrote:
>1. I know this was discussed quite some time ago, but does anyone recall
>the bore dimensions of the old Selmer Centered Tone? I seem to recall
>.587, but also some discussion of this instrument being an anomaly of sorts
>in that while it's highly prized even now among jazz players, it also had
>quite a run as a standard instrument among classical musicians.
>
Selmer's literature suggests that the Bundy/Selmer USA (.590) is closely
modeled on the Balanced Tone. Pre-R-13 clarinets seem generally to have
larger bores and non-undercut toneholes. That was apparently the style
until Buffet developed the polycylindrical bore. I also noticed the Selmer
Recital has a tiny .563 bore like my Rene Dumont.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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