Author: mw
Date: 2001-07-18 00:32
Very confusing how Selmer, Paris handled all this. I know, for example, that the "P Series" included (BOTH) "Selmer, Paris" as well as the "Centered Tone" series of clarinets. The "Centered Tone" was a North American aberration, created for the sake of Post-WW2 marketing. I am starting to think (unless someone can point out differently) that "Selmer, Paris", "BT" & "RI" we intermingled somewhat. The "RI" was a stamp, so was the "BT". I have found where some "N Series" were stamped "BT" and others very close in serial number were not stamped and merely said, again, "Selmer, Paris".
Perhaps someone can shed light on this stamping/naming conventions for Selmer soprano clarinets. Here maybe "BT" started at 3501, and "RI" ended at 3499 or 3500. (that still doesn't explain the "N series", unless "RI" & "BT" (as the "Centered Tone") were merely "figments of advertising imagination" created solely (again) fort North America or venues outside of Europe.
Interesting history,
mw
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