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Re: full-boehm selmer 9

Author: Mdfried ★2017
Date: 2018-02-02 09:44

With my smaller hands, I've had problems playing seven-ring Selmers as the 7th ring is inline with the other two RH fingers rather than offset slightly like an unringed third finger hole normally is. On some other brand FB or EB horns, the 7th ring is offset and is more ergonomic for me (my seven-ring Penzel-Mueller Artist plays just like my six-ring Super Brilliante). As for intonation, I've found large-bore Selmers to require different mpc's than many other horns to not play sharp; experimentation seems to be key there - I've had better results with American "low pitch" mpc's such as vintage Woodwind Co. and Portnoy than with Selmers or other French mpc's, even vintage ones.

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