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Author: Isilaf33
Date: 2020-02-08 22:25
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I'm hoping someone can help me as I've been combing through the internet for quite some time and haven't come up with much. I have a low Eb Selmer Bass Clarinet D series which I know is from the 1980's, just curious exactly when in the 80's. It's in tremendous shape as I use it professionally so I'd like to know more about it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2020-02-08 23:31
It's from around 1987-1989 at a guess.
They also made them in A - probably the last bass clarinets in A made by a big name maker.
I serviced one just like this a few years ago and it was a very nice player once the ventings were increased as they were all set too close. The natural cork used everywhere on it was replaced with more durable and less spongy silencing materials for the mechanism to make it more positive.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: ebonite
Date: 2020-02-09 00:30
Yes Chris P's estimate is probably about right. I have a bass clarinet with a very close serial number (D45**).
Mine was built in September 1986.
I am not sure what model number it is, and in any case, selmer used different model numbers in different countries.
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Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2020-02-09 02:09
I think this is a model 35. It was succeeded by the 65:
https://www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/instruments/band-instruments/clarinets/65
-Jdbassplayer
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2020-02-09 09:18
From memory... the 35 came out in 1994 and didn't have a lyre holder (unless they made some with it as special order), so it's from before that. It's tricky because the 35 was called the 23II in Europe (for the low Eb model) and it replaced the 23... but the "other" name was changed to a different number.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2020-02-09 13:24
Even the D series bass clarinets in A had a lyre holder!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: ebonite
Date: 2020-02-09 16:52
Chris P wrote:
> Even the D series bass clarinets in A had a lyre holder!
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And the basset horns....
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Author: Isilaf33
Date: 2020-02-09 18:06
I'm inclined to say this is model 32 but have no idea why there is a 52 stamped on the bell. Was there ever a model 52?
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2020-02-09 21:11
Not a model 32 as that instrument had an articulated C#/G# and a LH Ab/Eb. I have a 32 and use each of these extra keys often.
HRL
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2020-02-10 09:43
>> Not a model 32 as that instrument had an articulated C#/G# and a LH Ab/Eb. <<
Hard to tell from those tiny photos but it looks more that it does have those two features (better photos would clarify it).
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2020-02-10 21:21
I can just see that in this photo.
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/download.html/1,6614/IMG_3214.JPG
The basses of this era I've seen in the UK had both articulated C#/G# and LH Ab/Eb lever and were usually built to low C (and the price lists from the late '80s only have the low C version listed and the bass in A to low Eb), so I'm wondering if they were still made without those for other regions.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Isilaf33
Date: 2020-02-12 19:59
This is great. So I'm assuming it's a model 30 since it fits the time range and does not have the articulated G# and alt Eb/Ab lever.
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