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Re: Selmer Full Boehm Eb Clarinets ...

Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-12-18 16:05

Can you post a photo of your full Boehm Eb on here?

I've just had a look around the interwebs and Selmer Ebs were still being made with the large hexagonal speaker bush well into the '80s as there's photos of a plain Boehm D series Eb with a hexagonal speaker bush. It isn't marked as a Series 9, 10 or 10S or anything else - just has the Selmer logo on the barrel, above the throat A key and on the bell. None of them had metal tipped tenons unlike their Bb/A clarinets had until the Series 10. So I suppose Selmer stuck with this design since the '50s or '60s up until very recently.

Here's some photos of standard (17/6) Boehm Selmer Ebs in chronological order:

'50s Eb: http://www.instappraisal.com/sites/instappraisal/files/appraisal_images/WP_000111.jpg
Y series: http://www.clarinetsdirect.biz/SelmerEbY2987.html
Z series: http://www.clarinetsdirect.biz/SelmerEbZ1117.html
A series: http://www.clarinetsdirect.biz/SelmerEbA4610.html
B series: http://www.clarinetsdirect.biz/SelmerEb-B6104.html
C Series: http://www.clarinetsdirect.biz/SelmerEb-C2655.html
D series: http://www.clarinetsdirect.biz/SelmerEbD2076.html

The next one for me to look out for is a full Boehm C clarinet!

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2012-12-18 19:53)

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