Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2009-01-19 22:54
Initially, the characters looked like "33" to me, rather than "55" but, now that I look at it again, I think the blurry figures in the last photo actually are "BT" with fairly long "tails" on the "cross" of the T (which would explain the vertical lines on the right side of the right-hand character) and a "foot" (horizontal line across the bottom) to the T. The case would be consistent with an instrument of that age, as well.
I guess maybe I've never seen a "55." From other threads in the past, I concluded that the "55" must be the unmarked professional model that was sometimes erroneously referred to as "Depose" because that word was the only marking other than the Selmer logo. I've never seen a Selmer clarinet actually marked with a "55" (which doesn't mean they don't exist).
Pending confirmation of the letters between the stars, I'd say it's a BT.
Best regards,
jnk
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