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Author: PeterPC
Date: 2010-08-24 19:07
Can someone help me identify my Selmer S10 II serial F8722 ?
Thanks,
Peter
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Author: Ralph
Date: 2010-08-25 03:10
It appears that the 10S II was in production from 1992 - 2002. Your serial number was probably produced during the earlier part of that period. Attached link has a partial list of serial numbers and production dates.
http://www.uark.edu/ua/nc/ClarinetCollections/SELMER%20CLARINET%20SERIAL%20NUMBERS.htm
Ralph
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-08-25 14:19
I've looked everywhere for Selmer serial number lists, but they all stop at 1981. See http://dancipriano.com/iserialselmerclar.html. They seem to have changed the prefix letter every two or sometimes three years, so your F prefix should date from around 1989 or 1990.
If anyone knows about later lists or has a contact at Selmer, it would be great to have an update.
Ken Shaw
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Author: PeterPC
Date: 2010-08-25 20:48
Thanks Ken and Ralph, its always difficult to date a clarinet to an exact year.
Strange, for such big manufacturers they don't have or don't publish a decent serial list.
Thats why I'm so glad that a lot of people share the same interests and share there knowledge on this BB.
Peter
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Author: PeterPC
Date: 2010-08-27 20:46
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After a lot of reading work I found this interesting link:
http://www.windinstrumentshop.com/catalog_neu/images/artikel/extra_selmer/claressentielang.pdf
The Selmer clarinet saga continued with the introduction of the 10 S
in August 1977, the mythical Récital in October 1984, the Prologue in March 1992, and the 10 S II in March 1994.
Today, I noticed an advertisement in Holland from a Prologue serial F9065, bought new in 1997. Could this date my Selmer 10S II to 1995/1996 ?
This Selmer obviously needs a special thumbrest (original is missing) as you can see in the picture, anyone familiar with this?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-08-27 21:23
D prefix is from the late '80s, so F would probably be in the mid '90s at a guess.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-08-28 12:33
PeterPC -
The Selmer publication is, shall we say, amusing. I can excuse the grammatical howlers as being the result of incompetent translation, but how can a supposedly expert source show a flopped photo of an Ab clarinet made perhaps 100 years earlier, or say that the alto clarinet "is a much sought after instrument and is particularly appreciated in chamber music"? The photo of Benny Goodman shows him playing a Selmer that is NOT a Centered Tone. Did the Marchi system really add an extra octave at the top of the range? Are ebony and grenadilla really the same wood?
There's some interesting material, but I think that when a clock strikes 13, it undermines not only that hour's indication but also everything else.
Ken Shaw
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