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Trying to identify my Selmer clarinet

Author: MathClassWarfare
Date: 2017-01-16 20:29

I just bought an old Selmer B flat clarinet and I am trying to learn more about it. The serial number is M5796. The logo on the upper joint says Depose above the "Henri Selmer Paris" logo and below that it says France. The lower joint and barrell have the logo. The bell has the logo and "Made in France" below that but nothing else.

It looks like the clarinet has most (or all, I can't tell) of the features listed on page 12 of a 1938 catalog description of the Balanced Tone clarinet, but there is not a "BT" logo. The catalog is here: http://www.saxophone.org/museum/publications/id/702

It also has two little screw holes on the register tube, if that means anything.

I don't know how to measure the bore, but it does not seem very wide. My swab keeps getting caught on part of the register tube that sticks out.

Based on serial number charts I guess it was made in 1944 or 1945. (I am so curious to know how they were making clarinets in France during WWII.)

Anyway- if you have any thoughts, I will appreciate it!

(Edited to fix link)

Post Edited (2017-01-16 20:34)

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