Klarinet Archive - Posting 000029.txt from 2006/01

From: "danyel" <rab@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Selmer mouthpiece vintages
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:58:56 -0500

Hi Patton,
it's getting ever more difficult to get them. They used to come with old
instruments I bought and over the years. Sometimes you see one on ebay, but
that's a gamble. I suspect a mouthpiece ending up on an online auction is
more likely to be a failure than not. The quality of the old Selmer MPs
seems to vary quite a bit, often people have been fumbling with the lay or
it has distorted by itself, but the internal proportions seem to be rather
uneven as well. I have this incredible antique simple system alto clarinet
on which I use an old Selmer C** that is newer than another, quite old
Selmer (guess late 20s or early 30s, because it came with an instrument that
had obviously not been touched since then), but better (and even better than
my very nice 1950s Chedville!) I am now trying to find one for the Bb (for
playing early Jazz), but haven't found a really good one yet.

Best wishes,
danyel
www.echoton.de/clar.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patton Hunnicutt" <bass9396@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 3:51 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Selmer mouthpiece vintages

> Danyel,
>
> If I may be so curious. Whereabouts did you acquire
> all these little gems. I have a Vintage Selmer D Bass
> mouthpiece and Id love to get my hands on
> another....and another....and another.
> --- rab@-----.de> wrote:
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > no doubt some of you will know how to tell the
> vintage of Selmer, Paris
> > mouthpieces:
> > From when until when did they have the oval stamp on
> the table? Is it
> > possible that the Logo "Henri/Selmer/Paris in
> laurels on the back was
> > originally engraved or etched rather that stamped?
> Does that narrow down the
> > age? I have quite a few old Selmer mouthpieces, some
> very fine, others quite
> > poor and they seem to be made of quite varying
> qualities of ebonite; would
> > anybody know about that? A senior colleague of mine
> treasures three old
> > (40s-50s?) Selmer Bb-clarinet mouthpieces, one with
> the oval, two without
> > and one of the latter is absolutely fantastic.
> > Please let me know if you have made observations or
> experiences on this
> > matter.
> >
> > Best wishes and a happy new year (to the Christians
> on the list),
> > danyel
> >
> >
> >
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