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Re: Selmer Series 9 and 9* - Concurrent production?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-02-26 02:38

I have a matching set of Series 9* clarinets once owned by Gino Cioffi - both instruments are consecutively numbered on all sections (barrels and bells included) and the barrels, top joints and bells are marked A and Bb on each instrument.

They're V series made in 1967 (I assume they were made specially for him), but not marked as being Series 9*s. Both are beautiful instruments with silver plated keywork and both are 19 key 7 rings (not full Boehms as they don't descend to low Eb). For some reason the A has an extra bell without the export info on it - the last owner sent it to me not long after I had bought the set from him off eBay for the exceptional price of $2500 (which was £1500 at the time).

Some regular Series 9s were never marked as such on the top joint - only carrying the Selmer logo and nothing else. I've seen several of these and they can be identified as they don't have undercut toneholes unlike the 9*s.

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

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