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Author: Willie
Date: 1999-12-31 06:01
I just bought a totaly junk Clarinet for 5 bucks (I wanted the really neat case). It had two MPs in it, one with no markings and a Selmer B Star. I use a Selmer C on my tenor as do a some other "Saxist" here, but I'm totaly unfamiliar with Selmer MPs for clarinets. Ya just don't see 'em around here. The lig is a chromed brass unit with a single screw (no marks). Can anyone enlighten me on these as my knowledge on these is zilch.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-01-01 19:58
Somewhere out there should be the spec's on the older Sel mp's. I have never liked the clar HS* or **, preferring a BG [stencilled Benny G] and a Wells and a Sel Clarion/glass, but the C* I have for my Mark 6 alto is great, soft/classical sound, better than the loud D [jazz]mp. The C* I have w: my Sel Bass, is my second choice to an old Bundy 3, but ahead of a B 45. It takes all kinds, I guess! Have fun, Don
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Author: earl thomas
Date: 2000-01-02 03:47
At the NMC/Interlochen several years ago, I was fortunate enough to be presented with a 1920 Selmer B* clarinet mpc.
It is great - far better than a B* I tried in the 80's, by the way. Tho' I don't play it anymore, I recall that it was great for Chamber Music and altissimo range response. I must conclude that the material used by Selmer in the pre-1920 years was very excellent "rod rubber" (?) or some other very durable and reflective rubber material - perhaps from French Indo-China (Vietnam)??? I doubt that the new B* is anything like they were in those days. Many of us who played Selmer clarinets long ago, had the Woodwind G7* star facing placed on a Selmer HS or HS*. That was done at the Woodwind factory in those days. ET
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Author: Willie
Date: 2000-01-02 04:50
Thanks y'all. As soon as I get some more cork I'm gonna have to try this thing out (kids around here always wait til the day before Christmas concert to get their tenons corked. But I need it tomorrow!}. If it has the same mellow sound my C star (tenor) has I will be a very happy old f#@&. So far I've experimented with several types of clarinets (wood, plastic, & metal) and various MPs to come up with several dictinctive tones for different types of music. But best of all, it gives me a chance to demonstrate to students how the tone can be changed by different MPs and what to listen for if they want a good concert tone (preferred by most music professors) to tones that would make a music teacher cringe. By actually hearing the exstremes most are actually working on their embuchures and tone quality now and it makes me feel good like I,ve accomplished something.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-01-03 20:03
To add to "E T 's" post, looking over my old mps, I found a Woodwind C7 [whose tenon just fit my old Conn B-nat, if interested see "Early Clarinet"] and it sure played easily, somewhat bright, nearly as good as my Benny G ! I may try to reface an old Selmer C to match it!! Don
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