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Re: What A Difference A Bell Makes ...

Author: Chris P
Date: 2021-05-13 17:44

I was sent a set of St.Louis clarinets as a straight swap for my 1962 Buffet Eb clarinet. They don't have all the extra keywork I have on my older Selmers as things like forked Eb/Bb and articulated C#/G# have long since been discontinued. I haven't played them much - they are playable but will need overhauling and also because of the lack of the extra keywork which I use a lot. They have a compact sound like a 10S I once had.

One thing I don't like on more recent Selmers is how they spring the throat G# key with the needle spring in the threaded pillar which isn't only a pain to remove or refit, but it's biased in such a way it will turn the pillar anticlockwise and that's also a pain when refitting the G# key with the spring engaged before the screw is fitted. Whoever had that idea clearly has no idea and Selmer are still running with it - they should've fitted an anchored pillar and then it doesn't matter which direction the spring is biased.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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