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Selmer Paris K Series Clarinet

Author: BassClarinetGirl
Date: 2006-04-29 00:08

Well, a very nice surprise was awaiting me when I got home today-

My mother found a Selmer Paris Brevete clarinet, serial K20xx, at a garage sale for $10. She doesn't know much about clarinets, but she does know that I have a Selmer Paris clarinet, and how much I love it (my 9*), and she bought it.

I've been able to find out that the clarinet is somewhere between about 1920-1931. Can anyone pinpoint the production date more accurately for the K20xx serial #? There are no cracks that I can see in it, and the wood still looks nice. It appears to be Albert system (it has the rollers on the pinky keys, only two pinkey keys on the left hand, and is also lacking a key for the left hand thumb and also for the right hand pointer, again, correct me if I'm wrong).

But what I really want to know- the clarinet is very (and when I say VERY, i mean VERY) tarnished, I found the odd pad laying in the bottom of the case, and all of the pads need to be replaced.

So basically I am assuming that this clarinet needs the following-

- intense cleaning of keywork
-repadding
-wood cleaning
-and, it is still in the original case (which is kind of gross), so a new case to boot

I would appreciate any information, such as- is it worth spending a few hundered to get it up to playing condition? The notes I can get out on it sound very nice, and I rather like the tone. Also, what would this clarinet, if I had it overhauled, be worth?

I've never dealt with overhauling a clarinet before, so any advice that you all have to me would be welcome!

Thanks!

BCG

Post Edited (2006-04-29 00:37)

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