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Re: F. Barbier Paris

Author: Molloy
Date: 2008-10-31 13:40

Barbier was an independent maker until 1905 when Selmer acquired them (see www.selmer.fr "from the origins until 1939"). I believe they retained a separate factory even into the years where Barbier was the bargain brand in Selmer catalogs.

At the end, the Barbier clarinets were no longer marked Paris. I've heard one of these described as being identical to an early Signet, so it seems that the Barbier name went from being on the bottom-shelf instruments of Selmer Paris to briefly being on the top-shelf instruments of Selmer USA.

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