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Author: bboop
Date: 2010-05-09 05:35
If any one knows alot about this Clarinet please email me.
Thanks
lil_lids@yahoo.ca
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-05-09 06:27
Great instrument - you can't do much better than this.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: kilo
Date: 2010-05-09 14:23
The CT has a larger bore than the current Selmers and is held in great affection by jazz clarinetists.
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Author: William
Date: 2010-05-09 15:24
My parents bought me a CT when I was a senior in high school and it served me well until I became a junior in college, at which point tuning became an issue with my new position as second chair in the top band. It was sent back to the Selmer company and, in their infinite wisdom of the day, they added an extra length to the lower tendon of the upper joint. That was not satisfactory and to make a much longer--and somewhat uglier story--much shorter, I became a Buffet clarinetist and have never looked back. Some years later, I got that old CT out of my closet and, compared to my Buffet, it was practically unplayable from a resistance point of view, much less the intonation problem made worse by Selmers alteration. A good friend of mine, also a former CT player turned Buffet, related the same experiance upon retrying his old Selmer--which, btw, had not been "worked on" or altered in any way. He said he simply could not play his old CT having become accustomed to his R13. Bottom line (I guess), lots of people like the old Selmer CT's, especially jazzers. However, we do not. If you are a serious clarinetist, you can do much better. But if community band or jazz is "your thing", then it will probably perform well for you. Good luck.
BTW--back "then", after getting my Selmer CT, what I REALLY WANTED was the upscale version called an Omega. It had neat carvings on the bell, came with two tuning barrels and had (if I recall correctly) interchangalbe register vents. Also, the keys were silver plated and it was supposed to have been made from only the best grenadilla. It probably played no better than the generic CT but due to its, then, popularity, Selmer brought the name back in their re-issued Omega USA. Hope this tid-bit is of some interest and help to you.
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Author: GLHopkins
Date: 2010-05-09 16:09
My main clarinet is a mid 60s R-13, but the CT I have is one I bought in a pawn shop in the mid 70s. It was an unused instrument as far as I could tell, and the case was pristine. The only bad thing about it was the serial number had been removed. I've played it off an on over the years, and I've repadded it numerous times when "new" pads came on the market. A guy named Paul Covey inserted and re-bored an old Selmer barrel that I sent him, and the intonation has been decent enough to use the horn in ensembles in which I've played. Is it a clarinet suited for use in a "serious" orchestra or wind symphony? Not in my opinion, but it is still a great clarinet. Besides, everybody and his bother has a Buffet. Only a lucky few have Selmer Centered Tones.
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Author: Ed Lowry
Date: 2010-05-11 01:51
I wonder if the removal of the serial number meant that it was stolen?
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Author: GLHopkins
Date: 2010-05-11 04:28
At the time I was in my early 20s and it didn't occur to me. Now, I have no doubt that it was stolen. I've bought many R-13s and MK VIs in pawn shops over the years, but never came across one with the serial numbers removed or altered.
The serial number being removed bothers me because I can't determine when it was made.
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Author: kilo
Date: 2010-05-11 10:25
It was common for imported instruments to have serial numbers removed, usually when purchased from private sellers trying to avoid big duty payments. I'm not exactly sure how it worked but I remember my music teacher used to get Buffets with the serial numbers filed off. I don't think they were stolen, more like unauthorized distribution.
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