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Re: The New Selmer Presence Clarinet

Author: James S
Date: 2014-07-29 01:04

I would first like to smile at seabreeze for sharing my strong feelings on the horrendous videos Buffet has been publishing as of late (The Meyer Divine and Frost selection videos). Who wants to buy a $7,000 Divine when the guy presenting it sounds like he's playing in a submarine?

The Seles line, to the best of my knowledge, will have exclusively entry-level pro horns. The Presence is designed to directly challenge the R13. I'm very interested to see how it plays out as the last horn designed as a "challenger" to the R13 (Backun's Protege) was not nearly good enough for professional use. Granted, that's my opinion.

Though I'm not a Selmer dealer and ergo don't know what sort of price flexibility they accept, I do know they will go for around 3500 for a Bb and a tad under 4000 for an A. They'll come in: Bb/A Nickel/Silver keys and with/without alt Eb/Ab. They will start shipping them out to US dealers shortly after Clarinetfest ends.

My Booth at ICA is barely 10 feet from the Selmer Paris booth, so I will spend a bunch of time over there and get to know the Presence well. I can promise you all I'll have a blog entry devoted solely to it

James
owner, James' Clarinet Shop
www.jamesclarinetshop.com

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