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 Re: No love for Selmer?
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2014-11-24 01:36

The Boston Symphony Orchestra clarinet section was an all Selmer affair when Gino Cioffi was principal - no doubt it was before and after that era too.

I would have gone with a new Selmer bass back in 2000 but I went with the Buffet due to the keywork being much better balanced - the Selmer bass has some pretty short leverages which make the RH pinky keys very heavy, especially the RH low D key. Even backing off the spring tensions to the point where the keys flap about under their own weight doesn't help. The Selmer bass has the sound, but the Buffet has the nicer keywork - if only there was a bass that had both those maker's qualities built into the one instrument.

I've had new Selmer clarinets in the past, but I do prefer the old CTs over anything they make - not saying they don't make good clarinets now, but they don't make anything like the CT or Series 9 anymore. It's all small bore clarinets to compete with Buffet.

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