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Selmer mpc with odd markings

Author: Bill
Date: 2012-05-05 18:21
Attachment: EM Selmer.jpg (118k)

Does anyone recognize the marks on this Selmer mpc? It has the initial "EM" to the left of the table, a large checkmark to the right, what looks like tic-tac-toe on the bottom back.

I'm assuming they are just the owner's scrawls, and not "Everett Matson." Or "Eddie Murphy."

Thanks!
Bill.

Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)

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Re: Selmer mpc with odd markings

Author: Buster
Date: 2012-05-05 19:12

Can't be of any help; But whomever was playing tic-tac-toe seems to need a refresher course in the rules!

Post Edited (2012-05-05 19:12)

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Re: Selmer mpc with odd markings

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2012-05-05 19:50

EM almost certainly means refaced by Everett Matson. The tic-tac-toe marking could very well indicate facing length and tip opening, in this case medium for both, but that's just a guess. He worked on several mouthpieces for me, and he didn't put any markings on them.

Ken Shaw

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Re: Selmer mpc with odd markings

Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-05-05 19:50

Probably someone's scratched their initials and other identification marks in it.

I've seen two Selmer SA80II tenors with the owner's names crudely scratched in on the bell lip where it's visible! So some people do daft things - either when drunk or sober.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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Re: Selmer mpc with odd markings

Author: Bill
Date: 2012-05-05 20:15

Ken,

I wondered whether it might be Mr. Matsen's mark. The check mark would seem to be something more than what the player would put there. Plus, the marks look "confident," like somebody who's used to making the marks.

Thanks.
Bill.

Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)

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Re: Selmer mpc with odd markings

Author: Ed
Date: 2012-05-05 23:09

Over the years Matson did many mouthpieces for me, my students, colleagues, etc. He never put any markings on any mouthpieces. He was a rather humble man who did not believe in putting any type of signature on the pieces he worked on.

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Re: Selmer mpc with odd markings

Author: Bill
Date: 2012-05-06 14:24

Thanks Ed. Then they are likely not his markings. These are quite 'bold'.

Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)

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