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RE: Selmer Series 9 and 9* - Concurrent production

Author: Jeroen
Date: 2015-02-26 13:46

Chris P wrote:
> 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.

I also bought a beautiful pair recently. The A (full boehm without low Eb) has the 9* mark, the Bb (full boehm) has no mark on the upper joint. But all barrels are marked with a star * so I assume the Bb is also a 9*... it plays also more like a small bore clarinet.

Afaik, in contrary to the Bb clarinets, there are no differences between the 9 or 9* A clarinets. Both have the same 'smaller' bore. Makes sense as the A clarinet was only marketed for 'classical' music.

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