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Re: The loneliness of the K series Selmer

Author: Molloy
Date: 2007-01-27 02:06

My favorite clarinet is my Selmer K7807, a full-boehm RI in A. The clarion and altissimo intonation is pretty much perfect, the chalmeau is imperfect but not bad at all. I've got a matching Bb, L1496, whose intonation is not as good. Both have the same, to my ear, very distinctive tone.

There were a lot of changes during the K series. The early ones are identical to the #### serial Selmers. Then they made various changes, I'm not certain in exactly what order: larger bore, higher register hole, larger thumb tonehole, modern logo, sturdier thumbrest, two (three for full-boehm) posts for the LH pinky keys instead of one (two for f-b), probably other changes I don't know about. Then came the RI model, some of which have a metal-lined barrel and, I believe, some not . It's a very interesting chunk of Selmer history, the K series.

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