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Selmer Series9/9* Observation/Question

Author: Ralph
Date: 2015-07-09 01:47

As some of you are aware, the Selmer Series 9 clarinet was a replacement for the Center Tone. It featured a nominal bore of 0.584”. Also introduced at about the same time was the Series 9*, with a smaller bore and a nominal diameter of 0.577”. The Series 9 was positioned as a clarinet for jazz players and the 9* positioned as a clarinet for orchestral players.
I happen to have one of each and recently measured the right hand joints of each instrument. Based on my measurements, the right hand joints of the Series 9 and Series 9* appear to be identical. The placement of the tone holes and the diameter of the tone holes that were relatively easy to measure (without total disassembly) are the same within measuring tolerances.
Is it plausible that the two lower half joints of instruments with different upper joint bore dimensions were designed to be identical ?

Ralph

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