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Re: Old vs. Older Selmer B* mouthpieces

Author: RefacerMan
Date: 2018-07-13 17:18

Ken - I've seen and refaced a lot of Selmer mouthpieces and oval stamped Selmers had good bores and chambers for modern clarinets. The Selmer mouthpieces that are older than oval stamped - table stamped Selmers - vary a lot and most of them have big bores and huge chambers designed for big bore and/or albert system clarinets. These mouthpieces are marked "table HS" or "table C*", etc. on the table. Selmer mouthpieces varied a lot within each "period" or type (i.e. oval stamped, table stamped) so if you are going to buy an oval stamped B* there is no guarantee it will play like your more modern B*. It will have a good bore and very good older rubber, but probably will need to be refaced and voiced to play its best. If your late 60s Selmer tuned well and had a good sound and feel when it was in its prime you may want to start by having that mouthpiece refaced first before you buy any other mouthpieces.

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