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Selmer Series 9 Basses

Author: kilo
Date: 2019-12-09 21:04

Although it's late afternoon in my playing career I've decided that I'd like to play on something other than my Yamaha 221 and step up to a "professional" horn — without spending $10,000 or more. My idea is to find an old Selmer Low Eb bass and have it brought up to acceptable playing condition. My technician is a bass clarinet player and I trust his work on old instruments.

I'm looking at a Series 9 which is currently in "playable" condition — I know it will need an overhaul. While I've heard a lot of good things about the earlier line of Selmer basses I'm not familiar with the Series 9 basses at all (although
I've long coveted the idea of getting a Series 9 soprano).

Does anyone have personal experience playing or repairing these basses? Are there unique characteristics to the sound and response? Assuming we were able to bring it up to concert band performance standards would it actually be an "upgrade" compared to the Yamaha I'm playing now?

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