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Selmer Series 10

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2022-04-02 17:57

Despite some searching here on the board, my goal to learn more about this instrument hasn't yet been realized.

I came across a refurbished one the other day. Wow! It practically plays itself it's such an easy horn to work with.

It feels somewhat like an R13, only studier, and I'm to understand that to be no surprise as Selmer released the instrument in 1970, from what I read, as an R13 competitor.

I've also read that the sound may be a little brighter than an R13, which I find, as a "researcher of one instrument, not the entire series" to be true. In nonetheless has a beautiful sound.

And the intonation: spot one...which I find amazing given that the clarinet itself as a exercise in compromises in pitch.

I also understand that some series 10 instruments have a letter after them.

So, if anyone has the tribal knowledge of this clarinet series, or links to internet pieces that discuss it, I would be most appreciative.

Thanks.

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Re: Selmer Series 10

Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-04-02 18:38

The Series 10 was Selmer's first small bore clarinet which was following on from all the other pro level Selmers and was made alongside the last years of the Series 9 and 9* until they were discontinued. It was Selmer's equivalent model to the Buffet R13.

Then there was the original 10G from the late '60s which was based on the Buffet R13 for Anthony Gigliotti, later 10Gs have some strange features like a funny angled thumbrest which doesn't suit everyone, a half crow's foot and adjustment for the RH pinky keys and a really narrow bell by comparison to other Selmers.

The 10S was the model that replaced the Series 10 in the '80s and then there was the 10SII after that in the '90s which was then replaced by either the Oddysse or Artyss in the new millennium (I gladly left the retail business by then so didn't keep track on the lineage from the late '90s).

On a side note, Selmer (Paris) had finally ventured into the intermediate clarinet level market in the '90s with their Prologue clarinets which were in direct competition with the Buffet E13, Yamaha YCL-64 and the Leblanc Esprit.

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

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Re: Selmer Series 10

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2022-04-02 19:50

Thank you so much for your response Chris. Your knowledge of the instrument's variations and ways to repair them, as so clearly evident from your posts on the board, made me contemplate merely reaching out to your directly and privately before posting this question.

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