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Identifying old French mouth piece

Author: NTSOG
Date: 2017-01-15 02:57

Hello,

I am an old clarinetist, but new to this site and in need of some help. Due to the creative grinding of a long-time chipped front tooth by a dentist I have had to modify my embouchure. Hence I have been testing some mouthpieces I have, but not used. One of them came with a 1954 Selmer full-Boehm [centred tone] Bb clarinet that has gold plated keys. I am in Australia, but believe this old Selmer came to Australia via Europe, probably Germany or Luxemburg. It has three promotional stickers plastered on the case written in German. [One reads "Jazz oder nie!" or, in English, "Jazz or nothing!" - I believe that this model is or was popular with jazz players??] I have a Vandoren B45 on that it and it plays well.

The old mouthpiece in question is playing well on a new Selmer St. Louis. It is marked "Paris" at the base in a small decorative "scroll" and has SML below the scroll. On the side is N 3. It is an almost green-brown colour and contrasts with the shiny black of more modern mouthpieces. I suspect N 3 will refer to tip opening or similar - it plays very freely.

Any advice would be appreciated,

Jim

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