Klarinet Archive - Posting 000639.txt from 2004/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Selmer Brevete
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:18:32 -0500

At 11:09 PM 1/19/2004 -0500, Erik Tkal wrote:
>What really threw me was that it really looks like a Buffet - the log is
>exactly like Buffet's, the gold oval with the lyre on top, except that is
>says H. SELMER A PARIS inside, with a script overlaid HS underneath
>(instead of the Buffet Crampon BC). The serial number shows the horn to be
>about 1930, is that the old Selmer logo? Why is it almost exactly the same
>as Buffet? Was there something in common between the companies then?

If you look at a lot of old clarinets, you will notice that MANY companies
used oval logos. I guess it was just the style of the time.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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