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Help Identify a selmer Clarinet

Author: alanah
Date: 2014-06-28 05:54
Attachment: selmer-logo.JPG (92k)

I got this selmer And he got a strange logo (I have Add an image) i had never seen.

The Only Info i could find was from clarinet perfection site:
http://www.clarinetperfection.com/clsnSelmerParis.htm
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Selmer Paris clarinets in various years through the 1980s had markings similar to "Sole Agents, US & Can Selmer New York - Elkhart". Clarinets with markings similar to these can be identified as clarinets exported to the United States. European and Canadian Selmer clarinets had no markings.
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Is it a selmer paris?

The logo says:
SELMER
Elkhart-New York

The SN# is 7940

dose anyone know what it is?
Any help could be great :-)

Post Edited (2014-06-28 06:24)

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Re: Help Identify a selmer Clarinet

Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-06-28 09:25

Unless it says Paris or France, then it isn't French.

The extra "Sole Agents, US & Can Selmer New York - Elkhart" info stamped on the bells of some Selmers was done from well before the '80s as there are Centered Tones and others before them with that on the bell - if anything, they had ceased adding that by the early '80s.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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Re: Help Identify a selmer Clarinet

Author: alanah
Date: 2014-06-29 00:43

after some searching i found a guy that has the same clarinet. with the SN# in the same range

http://test.woodwind.org/oboe/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=393292&t=393292

but i guess they didn't get to a conclusion about it. i guess it is very old or very rare.. well we will see how it plays after the overhaul :-)

Thanks allot for the info!

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Re: Help Identify a selmer Clarinet

Author: chris moffatt
Date: 2014-06-29 21:18

Looks like a Selmer USA Signet to me. More photos possibly?

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Re: Help Identify a selmer Clarinet

Author: BartHx
Date: 2014-06-30 07:28

I have one with the same logo. After researching everything I could find, my best guess is that it is Selmer USA but before Signet. It does not match the markings of any of the early Signets.

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Re: Help Identify a selmer Clarinet

Author: alanah
Date: 2014-07-01 01:59

Here are some more photos. it looks to be a very well made clarinet
i will see how he will sound like after the overhaul

Post Edited (2014-07-01 02:00)

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Re: Help Identify a selmer Clarinet

Author: alanah
Date: 2014-07-01 02:02

Hi Barthx :-) can you please tell me how it plays ?

thanks allot!

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Re: Help Identify a selmer Clarinet

Author: alanah
Date: 2014-07-06 18:34

Just finished overhauling it. this clarinet is amazing better then my R13.
this is a pro clarinet and one of the best i ever played!

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Re: Help Identify a selmer Clarinet

Author: BartHx
Date: 2014-07-08 21:34

I agree that mine, too, does play very nicely. My best guess is that it was produced by Selmer US before Geo Bundy returned to France.

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