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RE: Selmer Omega

Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2000-01-21 18:52

Charles wrote:
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I just got brand new Selmer Omega clarinet. It is really beautiful horn. But I have no idea about this model.
What grade of instrument is this? Why couldn't I find any information from Selmer Web Site,catalog...?
Please help.

Charles -

Selmer is very coy about the Omega line, for reasons that escape me. The only mention on their website is at <A HREF=http://www.selmer.com/clarinet/discus/messages/27/29.html?WednesdayJanuary1920001141pm>http://www.selmer.com/clarinet/discus/messages/27/29.html?WednesdayJanuary1920001141pm<A> where they say only that the model is available only through a small group of dealers. Nothing is said about the instrument itself.

The Flesher Hinton Music site lists Omega models in various instruments, including a Selmer-US clarinet and a Selmer-Paris clarinet, and identifies them as intermediate models. <A HREF=http://www.flesherhinton.com/woodwind.htm>http://www.flesherhinton.com/woodwind.htm<A>

In the early 1950s, Selmer made an Omega model clarinet as their top of the line. It was the same design as their Centered Tone (CT) model, which had a large, non-polycylindrical bore, with various extras, such as a special throat Bb mechanism, interchangeable register vents, extra barrels, engraving on the bell, etc. I played a pair for several years and eventually realized that they weren't that good.

Wish there was more.

Ken Shaw

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