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Re: Hex speaker bush

Author: cyclopathic
Date: 2014-04-16 05:32

Chris P wrote:

> "Artley had been known to finish clarinets for Selmer ... there
> is a possibility that it might have been Artley-assembled
> failed Series 9"
>
> Did they really do that?
>

Not sure, but apparently Artley bass clarinets are Arltley built Bundies.
And Donald Artley did work for Selmer prior to striking in his own.

http://www.musictrader.com/artley.html

But all above is a pure speculation.. body of clarinet does look to be well built, for example posts were installed and then cut offs machined, and many top joint toneholes have black (ebonite?) tuning inserts, too good for cheap department store stencil. Once again, not sure if Selmer had used those.

Also Selmer had his own mfg capacity in Elkhart after they purchased Pedler in 1958 why would they use someone else too?

Am I barking at the wrong tree?

Edit:
haven't had a chance to map it but tuning looks typical of Selmer: with 66mm OEM barrel left hand borderline flat @440, but right hand is sharp and needs to be pulled. I have somewhere 64.5mm Henry Selmer barrel, interesting to see if it'll be in tune @442 with that one

Post Edited (2014-04-16 16:48)

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