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Author: Mary Jo
Date: 2005-11-06 10:22
Hello!
I recently won an auction for this instrument and appreciate any information about it a resident "clarinet expert" can provide. From searches on this board and the Internet, I know this is a professional clarinet, made in the late 1920s.
Here are instrument specs:
Serial #: 1664
construction: barrel (not tuning), body, bell, mouthpiece
engraving: Depose
Henri Selmer Paris logo
France
Sole Agents U.S.A. & Can.
Selmer Elkhart Indiana logo with lady & lyre
Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.
"S" stamped on underside of a righthand pinky key
Clarinet keys are identical to my 1950's B&H Edgware.
Though this Selmer plays with some mary-rigging, I'll likely get it overhauled, if recommended (I am impressed now with its play).
Thank you very much for any information on my Selmer clarinet.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-11-06 12:41
Welcome, Mary Jo, While many of us have at least one metal cl, our "resident expert" Jim Lande has MANY, and has put his listings into our archives [use the Search technique]. Its useful for questions, like you ask. Beyond that, you'll get help from some of our "regulars" having the same, or similar, insts, mine are both of the student-marching grade, just "fair". Yours should be very good, Luck, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Mary Jo
Date: 2005-11-06 13:47
Thanks for replying, Don. I feel better about my "expense." Of course, those forum reports of Jim's are largely responsible for my decision to buy a metal clarinet. From those threads, I glean I don't have the most desirable Selmer metal clarinet, which seems to be the one with more separate parts and a tuning barrel. Still, this is a pretty neat old instrument and I'd like to find out all I can about this model.
I appreciate your assistance.
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Author: Gandalfe
Date: 2005-11-08 22:50
Jim Lande's reports played a major role in my recent acquisition of a 1930s Selmer Paris five-piece metal clarinet with the tuning barrel. It is in the shop for a complete overhaul including tweaking the action and any intonation issues that we might discover. I got it for shock value. I also hope to create a web site with more information on this beastie because it is so hard to find information on metal clarinets.
The tech said that a number of years ago there was a test done and most people couldn't tell the difference in sound between a metal or a wood clarinet. I'd love to see the data on that.
Edit: I got a pointer to www.silver-clarinet.com which seems to have a lot of info and great pics. Enjoy.
Jim and Suzy
Pacifica Big Band
Seattle, Washington
Post Edited (2005-11-09 01:28)
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