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 Re: Selmer 10G -- Which Are the Good Ones
Author: Bob Bernardo 
Date:   2017-12-26 21:49

I knew Hans Moennig pretty well. Not as well as some people, but he did let me study with him around 1977 or so for about a year, then I went into Peabody Institute then the Air Force Band so the lessons became less often. I do not ever remember him lining any barrels with rubber, nor did I ever see any rubber in his repair shop. However, his repair shop was a mess. Nothing was labeled. But he knew where everything was. Yes he spent a great deal of time with Tony and some of his students who usually played on Selmers. Such as David Shifrin.

Also during this time Hans was pretty angry with Buffet for a number of reasons. One was for changing the bores to probably copy the 10G of Tony's horn. Also, it seemed that every barrel that Hans ordered with his name on it was off, so with his heavy German accent he would swear and go to the wood lathe and fix the reverse tapers of the bores with his reamers.

He was a kind man, with a wicked temper. His workmanship was amazing, not just on clarinets but on other instruments such as bassoons. On clarinets he might throw away 5 to 8 pads before finding that perfect pad that sealed correctly. If he were alive today he would be joyful with the quality of some of the new pads that are out there now.

Even with the 1960's Buffet's he did a lot of tuning on the horns. Every horn needed work. Same with the Selmer's and the 10G, as well as the earlier models the 10, and as early the 9 series. When I was there, for tuning he used electrical tape in the tone holes because it lasted, something about the stickiness. I heard he did change this practice later on. He had special tools he made for undercutting tone holes but he often just used thin files. On Buffet's, when working on the 1960's models he used a 67mm barrel on every horn with his Chedeville mouthpiece.

I don't know what he did with Selmers, but I'm sure he had a special barrel for each model. I don't think he used a rubber lining. It just wasn't his style. He was very much old school.


Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces


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