(1) I pulled in a page that wasn’t converted – Polishing Keys at Home. This is located in the “Technical Info”, “Instrument Care” submenu. I wrote this article years ago in June 2009. I plan on making a short video of how to do this and posting it.
So stay tuned for that video for a demonstration of that. They key to polishing keys at home is “less is more” One cleaning the black gunk that you’ll see can get on the pads if you use even a bit too much polishing paste. But read the article more for more information. 2 Donations Apparently my donation page doesn’t work 100%.
It seems to work for me so I’m wondering it the problem is browser based. So I’m working on that too. Welcome and please wait as items get moved over to the new ClarinetPerfection.com For your enjoyment, you can watch this over and over again until everything is completed. ClarinetPerfection.com was originated back in 1996 as a desire to track information that I received from Leblanc USA about one of my clarinets, my Normandy 4 that I bought from Mr. Herb Couf, Royal Music back in 1978. In 1996 I contacted Leblanc USA, after hours, and a nice lady faxed me a serial number list that they had. The list was not in their computers thus no one else was given this list.
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Year of Selmer Bass clarinet Author: ★2017 Date: 2008-05-29 02:47 I've just come across a Selmer Low C bass clarinet serial number X6720. I believe it is model 35 but they don't put the model number on their basses. I suspect it is from the 70s but they didn’t have a listing on the Selmer web page. I play one that I believe is model 31 or 33 number U648. I once asked the Selmer reps at a Selmer display what model mine was but they had no idea. There doesn't seem to be a correlation between the serial numbers. Does anyone know the answer to when it was made and if it is a model 35?
Thanks, ESP, www.peabody.jhu.edu/457 Re: Year of Selmer Bass clarinet Author: Date: 2008-05-29 03:09 I searched 'Selmer Clarinet Serial Numbers' on Google, and got a few different lists. U series seems to be from the mid sixties; X is from about 72-73. Re: Year of Selmer Bass clarinet Author: Date: 2008-05-29 03:30 FYI, there is a Selmer serial number list on this site: Best regards, jnk Re: Year of Selmer Bass clarinet Author: Date: 2008-05-29 03:49 I think (but not sure) they started making the the 35 (and 37) model in the 90s, around 1995.
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If I remember right the models before that were the 31 low Eb and 33 low C (or was the 33 low Eb too?). I think the Series 9 was before that, but I'm not sure, and I'm also not sure when they started making each model (though I think it would say Series 9 if that was it). I'm guessing it is a 33. I think usually a Selmer reps at a display won't know much.
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For these types of things you need to find the right person to ask. I remember someone wanted to know about an old model from Buffet that looked completely different than any normal bass clarinet, but none of the people on the Yahoo bass clarinet group knew. It was only a French bass clarinetist consultant for Buffet who knew it. Maybe you can find someone simialr for Selmer. Re: Year of Selmer Bass clarinet Author: ★2017 Date: 2008-05-29 12:22 Thanks, that confirms my beliefs.
It's a great model.