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Re: Did Selmer Make ANY Dud 55s, BTs or CTs?

Author: John Peacock
Date: 2018-10-24 20:28

A couple of years ago, I bought a pair of M/N series Selmers. They weren't labelled BT or 55, but based on the strange register vent, I'm sure that's what they were. I got them because I'd heard so much enthusiasm about CTs or similar - but I have to say I was rather disappointed. First of all, the tuning was not good at all: way sharp in the LH lower register. You can see why polycylindrical bores were considered such a big advance. I might have tried to make the necessary big lip adjustments if the sound had been great, but it wasn't: not just the overall nature of the tone, but its uniformity, with some notes jumping out with respect to the others. So maybe these were indeed duds, or perhaps that design just doesn't work for me and other players would have loved them. The only way for me to tell would be to buy other examples of similar instruments - but this experience didn't leave me enthusiastic about doing that.

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