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Re: full-boehm selmer 9

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2018-02-02 13:04

I had the 9 star for a year. An A clarinet, because I've never liked the Buffet A's. What was so impressive was the key work. They keys just felt so nice in your hands. Slightly oversized compared to the Buffets. The pads were larger too, but only by a 1/2 size on most of the holes. THis is why the keys felt so good. Decided to sell it because switching back and forth in the orchestra from a Bb Buffet and the A Selmer wasn't an ideal match.

If the horn plays well buy it. There are still plenty of good repairmen that know how to overhaul these and tune them. I would strongly suggest using a mouthpiece with a larger bore, because the horns have larger bores. This would help with some of the tuning issues. They are not hard to work on and tune. Just find that right person.

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

Yamaha Artist 2015

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