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age & model of a Selmer clarinet

Author: David Niethamer
Date: 2012-12-31 15:54

Hello all, Happy Holidays!

A colleague, who is now a keyboard player and choir director, gave me a wooden Selmer clarinet that he played as a kid growing up in the NYC area. It is a wooden clarinet, and the body is in good condition (no cracks that I could see) although it is in serious need of cleaning and re-padding.

I've checked the archives, and the Selmer serial number list on woodwind.org, but don't find exactly what I'm looking for.

The serial number of my instrument is K9999. The Selmer list shows no "K" listings, only numerical listings up to 9999 (1931, which seems a bit old, given the age of my colleague). So, I wonder if anyone can tell me if this "K" designation changes the age of the instrument from what is listed on woodwind.org, and whether this instrument is one of the "Centered Tone" or "Balanced Tone" (or some other designation). If it were to be cleaned up, it would be desirable to any player who was looking for a Selmer clarinet of about that age.

Thanks for any information that anyone can provide.

David

David
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