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 Re: No love for Selmer?
Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date:   2014-11-16 22:13

When I was growing up in the 60s and early 70s, Buffet R13s were considered the clarinet to buy. At the same time, I knew several people who owned Selmers (Series 9 or 10 models) and were very happy with them. Our area had both Buffet and Selmer dealers.

For some reason, Selmer Paris clarinets are not easy to find here in southeastern Michigan anymore. It appears that they are available from a very limited number of dealers across the United States. I recall reading on the Kessler Music site a while back that Selmer didn't want their instruments to be sold online, but it's possible that this policy has changed.

Perhaps it's a business decision. The French company knows there's a limited market for professional clarinets in the U.S., and most local music stores no longer stock them. Perhaps they don't think it's worth the money trying to battle Buffet, Yamaha, and now Backun for a greater share of the North American market.

Selmer knows it is "the name"--for good reason--in the saxophone world, and it's very important to them to maintain that image. My guess is that that's where they're putting most of their advertising dollars. The French company (not to be confused with Conn-Selmer) once manufactured a variety of brass instruments, but they no longer do so.

Buffet also manufactures saxophones, oboes, English horns, and bassoons. They're supposed to be decent instruments (every now and then I'll come across one of their saxophones, and they're nice), but none of these other Buffet woodwinds has made much of an impact in North America. I haven't seen much of an effort from Buffet to promote these instruments here, probably for the same reason that Selmer doesn't more actively promote their clarinets in this market.
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