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Metal Selmer Sterling(France) Serial No 4300

Author: Baz
Date: 2013-05-10 10:35

My Metal Selmer Sterling(French)clarinet is a Boehm without the micro tuning barrel so its early(1929?) the serial No is confusing me, its 4300, looks like the first one of a new lot, but I am having trouble tracing it, help and information would be good if anybody has any.

Post Edited (2013-05-10 10:38)

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Re: Metal Selmer Sterling(France) Serial No 4300

Author: gemwand
Date: 2014-03-20 14:32

Hi

I too am interested in this having bought the same model, with serial 4346, just over a year ago. Mine had been previously advertised as 1934, but as there is no letter prefix I think it is probably 1929 or 1930 according to
http://www.uark.edu/ua/nc/ClarinetCollections/SELMER%20CLARINET%20SERIAL%20NUMBERS.htm

I have found two other mentions of these Selmer Sterling metal clarinets.

One is a record of sale of serial 4301 at Christies in London for £66 in 1993 (http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=3599528 - no picture)

The other is a posting about an Albert system clarinet which may well have its serial number in the same series (4944)
http://jazzkjeld.typepad.com/neworleansdelight/2011/04/selmer-metal-albert-clarinet.html

According to this posting, there were two models, "Master" and the cheaper "Sterling" which is illustrated and looks very similar in construction to the Boehm. The author also has a page with info about the history of metal clarinets

BTW - I very much like your sound on the Till there was you You Tube posting.

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