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Author: Darrel
Date: 1999-11-11 04:22
To one and all,
I have a burning question about the Selmer Series 9 clarinet. I have tried to find out, on some of the series, there is a STAR EMBLEM on the front of the upper joint. Is there any significance to this marking? Is there any history to accompany this clarinet?
Thanks for the information.
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Author: Drew
Date: 1999-11-11 05:24
Yes, the star is quite significant as it signifies Selmer's market entry with a polycylindrical bore. This was in response to Buffet's "polycylinrical" design introduced some years earlier. The 9* is polycylindrical, the 9 is Selmer's last model with the large bore/unfraised tone hole design they championed throughtout the second quarter of the 20th century.
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Author: Bill
Date: 1999-11-11 18:50
How does your 9 STAR play? I used my Series 9 (no star) in community orchestra last night. It's a great, very smooth horn.
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Author: TASH
Date: 1999-11-12 01:35
I have a Selmer 10SII star.
What does the star mean?
Is this model the final one as 10S series?
It has a narrower bore and produces a nice dark tone.
I bought it 3 years ago in Japan while using Festival. Now I have transplanted "RECITAL"'s barrel on 10SII star and enjoy the horn and Festival as well.
TASH
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Author: KEITH PAPA
Date: 1999-11-13 18:34
IT MEANS NOTHING , JUST A DESIGN, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS ONE OF THE WORST CLARINETS EVER MADE.. I WAS STUCK WITH ONE IN COLLEGE BACK IN THE MID 70'S... MAKE A LAMP OF IT I DID... GET A SELMER 10G,, OR BUFFET R13...
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-11-13 20:05
Keith - if you read a little further, you'll discover that the star _does_ mean something.
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