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Re: Which Selmer?

Author: hans
Date: 2004-03-17 14:49

According to Artie Shaw's authorized biography, he played Selmer clarinets (Shaw is shown in a 1938 Selmer ad) for most of his career. He is quoted as saying that his usual instrument was a Selmer 6 ring model with articulated G sharp key.
He tried Conn's 280 N Connstellation (which he play-tested for Conn), was featured in the Conn ad for it in 1953, and didn't like it: " ...when I used it in front of an audience with a band it was disappointing. Of course, they ran the advertisement anyway!". There is no mention of a Conn 444.
Shaw switched to Buffet in the fall of 1953 for the small group because the Buffet "had a more woody, intimate sound".
Hans

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