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 Value of vintage A clarinet?
Author: Richard Johnson 
Date:   2002-10-21 17:59

I've got a Selmer K series (early 1930's) clarinet in the the key of A and don't have a clue as to its value. Can anyone help?

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 RE: Value of vintage A clarinet?
Author: Mark Charette, Webmaster 
Date:   2002-10-21 20:01

Your best bet is to be like the pawnshops and check eBay (http://www.ebay.com) for comparable clarinets.

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 RE: Value of vintage A clarinet?
Author: E. Thomas 
Date:   2002-10-22 02:32

The Selmer "K" series were reputed to have been the best clarinets that Selmer ever made. I played on one at Juilliard in the mid-1940's and it was a wonderful experience. My schoolmate at the time, Cloyde Williams, had a set of "K" series Selmers. As to its value, that depends on its condition or if it needs a complete overhaul. I would estimate it to be worth between 500 to a 1000 in US dollars. But, to those who remember the "K" series, it might be worth a great deal more. I don't know if it was manufactured in the early '30's, but there is information somewhere that could probably pinpoint the exact year of its origin. I think you have been very fortunate in finding a very nice and rare instrument

Sincerely,
E.T.

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 RE: Value of vintage A clarinet?
Author: Richard 
Date:   2002-10-24 20:10

Thanks E.T., but my clarinet skills are so abysmal (and my prospects for playing an A clarinet even worse) that I put it up for auction on eBay.

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