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Re: Cross Eb/Bb Key...

Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-08-25 17:40

My Selmer CTs (System N.6 Bb# N69xx, A#P10xx) have inline LH main action toneholes, but my newly refurbished Series 9 full boehm pair are very different from each other - the A is an 'S' series (S52xx) from the '60s which is very similar to the late CT models in terms of keywork, and the Bb is an 'A' series (A35xx) from the late '70s which is using Series 10 key pieces (probably due to the company being run by accountants by this time?), and finger/ring 3 is offset (like a standard 17/6 system) and sunk almost flush with the surface of the body.

And less pride was taken in it's construction, which sums up '70s workmanship, although it plays beautifully now.

It was originally finished poorly as the forked Eb ring (finger 3) wasn't even near the top of the chimney and hit the body (it still had the original pads when I bought it), so I had to make clearence for the ring arm for it to be comfortable.

I was lucky to find a new old stock Series 9* barrel on eBay (the A came with a 66mm 10s barrel), better still it was a 68mm one, not 67mm as they advertised. Bonus - I don't have to pull this one out to play in tune! I use the same barrel on both instruments.

I've got a standard 17/6 early CT (N84xx) which I repadded in leather, but I didn't have this one silver-plated like my others. I keep this as a loan instrument if someone needs one to use while I'm sorting their one out.

I didn't realise Selmer lined some of their barrels with ebonite - I just serviced a 10G and both barrels were lined. A nice feature I thought.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2005-08-25 17:50)

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