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RE: Let's discuss Selmer clarinets

Author: Rob
Date: 2001-04-19 00:47

About 3 years ago when I decided to buy myself a present I ended up buying a Selmer Recital. I tried 4 R13s (one of my many attempts over the years to find one that I liked - it has never happened) 3 Signatures, which I was not thrilled with either and 3 Recitals. I opted to buy the Recital because it had all of the qualities that I was looking for. The intonation was superior, I loved the key action and for me, the tone quality was beautiful and even throughout. I know though that the Recital does not have many fans out there because of intonation problems with the low F, esp. on the A version and because it is a thumb-buster - It weighs more than the 2 Selmer FBs I have. I would probably not find a Selmer 10G that I like for the same reasons that I cannot find an R13 that I like - they are remarkably similar to play and for me seem to suffer from the same shortcomings. My experience though with the later model Selmers has been that they seem to play/respond better when you play on a Selmer mouthpiece, and Selmer does make some very good clarinet mouthpieces. I don't know if that is true for everyone, but it has certainly been true for me, especially with the Recital.

In many of the other posts in this thread I have seen much mention of the CT and the BT. I played on a CT for a while in high school and I got rid of it for some reason that I cannot recall, but I wish I hadn't. It was an awfully good horn. I have never tried a BT but I do have a "nameless" full boehm Selmer from the same era (1930s) that John Butler beautifully restored for me last year as well as a Series 10 (pre the 10G redesign) full boehm that I truly love playing - tho the 1930s model does suffer from the resistance that all Fbs have to some degree. When I was in jr. and sr. high school Series 9s and Series 10s were popular because their quality was much more consistent than Buffet; finding an R13 back then that wasn't a dog was no small feat (so yes, I'm old). I am surprised no one has mentioned Series 9s in this thread yet. I have played a few in my time - the Series 9, not the Series 9* - and I liked them very much as well. They had a very nice, big, rich sound to them and they were very free-blowing.

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