Author: Bill
Date: 2007-01-27 12:53
Not that it matters, but Lee Gibson (Clarinet Acoustics, etc.) was very enthusiastic about "the Selmers between the wars." I think he was talking about the four-digit and K-series clarinets. But Mr. G. hated large-bore clarinets (poor intonation).
An alternate serial number chart from someone who appeared rather knowledgeable put the K series fromn 1932 to 1934. This chart disappeared from the Internet several years ago, but I saved it.
My L-series clarinet (L296) is a smaller-bore clarinet than my later Selmers. The BT et al. hadn't been born yet, which featured separate posts for A and G#, the uniquely-shaped bell, and a different keywork layout (actually "higher" on the pole).
Funny that I am a Selmer nut but never owned or played a BT.
Bill. (Forgot to mention that I owned L6911, which was a sort of modified, perhaps "improved," Albert System clarinet of the sort played by Jimmy Noone, etc. My biggest regret is not that I have amassed so many horns, but that there are some I got rid of. How I would love that thing back!!!)
Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)
Post Edited (2007-01-27 12:59)
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