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Author: nilzie
Date: 2002-06-09 17:55
hi everyone! I'm a saxplayer interested in any info on the Selmer clarinet model "radio improved"... how does it play? what could it be worth? how old is the model?
grateful for any respons...
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-06-09 18:22
My R I [1932] is a Full Boehm [20 keys/ 7 rings] [whats yours?], quite a good player, it took some trying tho to find a mouthpiece that satisfied both the horn and me!! Make a SEARCH [the link is above] prob. under Selmer R I, R I alone, and/or Radio Improved to read our earlier discussions of it. A good old large-bore Selmer! Don
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Author: jbutler
Date: 2002-06-09 18:40
Your clarinet dates from the early 1930's. Very similar to the BT or Balanced Tone. You can look up the date of manufacture here on sneezy. Go to the serial number list from the drop down menu.
The worth of your RI depends on condition, $300 to $800 is a fairly representative range.
jbutler
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Author: Charlie Coleman
Date: 2002-06-09 21:44
An interesting post. Just this past week I traded my old Vega tenor guitar for a Carl Fisher "A" Albert system clarinet and in the bargain, I got the upper and lower joints of a Selmer RI, which is pretty much pieces parts. At first I thought about trying to make it into a playable horn, but the upper section is missing rings and throat keys, so it will probably go to my parts bin. I am curious, though, about the articulated (is it B ? ) Key that required a hole to be drilled through the upper joint tenon. Can anyone tell me why, and for what purpose?
Regards, Charlie C.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-06-09 22:57
An interesting trade, Charlie ! Most of us call it the "articulated C#/G#". Its a very good and useful addition to the "standard" clarinet with 17 keys/6 rings. It solves the problem of the location of that tonehole, to about mid-way [instead of about a 1/4 of the way] between the toneholes which produce the adjacent notes, D and C in the lower register [A and G in the "clarion" register]. This produces the notes clearly and in pitch. I'm having a hard time explaining the way I see it, aren't you happy you asked [now] ? It has other advantages [and a disadvantage] which we have discussed several times earlier and is "searchable". Clarinet designs by the several makers are quite similar, most if not all put the tonehole thru the tenon/socket, with the keying on the lower joint [except on my bass cl!!]. Its all due to making the cl's body in 2 pieces! WOW, on and on, I do need help, please. Don
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Author: Charlie Coleman
Date: 2002-06-10 00:23
Don - thanks for the information. It seems that breaking the clarinet into two pieces created more problems than just the mechanical linkage. I'll just save the parts in case I run across a wounded Selmer on ebay. I can't resist a challenge! ; -)
Charlie C.
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