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 selmer prologue
Author: ted 
Date:   2002-11-16 14:51

hi together!

i want to buy a selmer b-clarinet from selmer. the models prologue and prologue II are cheap. but are this good horns?
please tell me youre experiense with this instruments.
thanks a lot

ted

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 RE: selmer prologue
Author: BP (F) 
Date:   2002-11-16 20:43


Selmer Prologue and Prologue II don't exist any longer.

They are now replaced by the new Odyssée.

Prologue are officially instruments for students. Unofficially, they are the old 10S with a new name and lower cost, with the objective to make a lot of beginners come to Selmer instead of Buffet.

In France, we think that they stopped with that model because they are not profitable to produce. Odyssée is more expensive without being really better, just different, with modern bore, mechanism and design.

If you have the opportunity to get a Prologue in very good condition and low price, you will have a very good insrument.

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 RE: selmer prologue
Author: Gordon (NZ) 
Date:   2002-11-16 21:57

Be careful of a the optional left little finger D#/G# lever if it has one. The design is shameful. The linkage depends on about 0.4 mm of contact between key and lever, and the lever can easily slip away from under the key, jamming this mechanism. Considerable initiative and modification is required to make this linkage sable and quiet.

So find a clarinet without this lever.

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