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Re: Info on Selmer Full Boehm

Author: TrueTone
Date: 2018-04-12 06:43

I think the first number's a 3, not an 8 like I think Caroline read it as, as that would date it to about 1926, before their logo changed to the modern one in the area of 1926/7. (about K4500 is the serial when it changed.)
The chart I'm using is Steve Sklar's: http://www.woodwindforum.com/clarinetperfection/selmer-paris/
It's more accurate than some of the ones I've seen from what I gather, as it both includes the K-Series and matches up recently well to what Thierry Doublon at Selmer Paris says is about when my K-Series A was made. (chart says 1923 for K17xx, Thierry said 1925.)
Unfortunately you can't learn about who the first owner is for Selmer Pre-WW2, as they lost their record books for clarinets for that time during WW2.
If yours plays anything like my A, it should be rather nice!
The thumbrest on my A is really awfully positioned though, way too low.

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