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RE: Selmer Clarinet mouthpiece- Vintage?

Author: donald nicholls
Date: 2001-11-19 19:42

i've never seen an HS* that didn't have HS* stamped on it somewhere, and the only Selmer mouthpiece i've seen that had ANYTHING stamped on the table was one Ron deKant played and loved. Any dealers publications i've seen told you "didly squat" about mouthpieces other than what they cost (the Vandoren chart they give out is unusually informative, but i've never seen the likes of it from Selmer).
SO, is your reply trying to tell me that the "D" stamped on the table means it an old HS*, in which case why didn't you actually say that? Vintage rubber is pretty thin on the ground here in NZ, in the US most of the good Vintage mouthpieces have been "discovered" by now (all those Cundy-Bettony Chedevilles from the back shelf of the Pawn shop). Even in the US i met at least 2 good players (proffesionals) who swore undying love for an old Selmer (not a 1980s HS*) so i just thought for a tiny minute that maybe i'd found the BEST MOUTHPIECE IN THE WORLD that i could sell for $1000 US and then buy my whole family out of slavery.
Alas not, but still no one can tell me what the "D" means and how old it might be.
hmmmmmmmmm
nzdonald

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