Selmer Serial Number Ranges By Model Although, as the chart below illustrates, the Mark VI was produced until (roughly) serial #378000, this applies only to the Sopranino model. The Soprano, Baritone and Bass Mark VI saxophones were produced until serial #365000 in 1984, and Alto and Tenor Mark VI production ended (approximately) in 1975 at. Selmer Paris Reference 54 Serial Numbers 8/30/2019 Inspired by the Mark VI model released in 1954, the Selmer Paris 72 Reference 54 alto is a professional saxophone that integrates the Mark VI's legendary acoustic characteristics with innovative modern key work and better intonation. Selmer Serial Number Lookup covers the following Selmer Saxophone Models: Model 22, Cigar Cutter / Super Sax, Radio Improved, Balance Action, Super Action, Mark VI, Mark VII, Super Action 80, Super Action 80 – Series II. Simply type in your serial number and voila! You will get the model and year.
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This is a lovely Selmer 9 * Full Boehm Bb clarinet. Serial number T1202, manufactured in 1963.
The Selmer Series 9 clarinets preceded this Selmer 9-Star.
And the Series 9 (1960’s) clarinets replaced the “Centered Tone” model.
Up through the Series 9, the Selmer philosophy was to use a large diameter tone hole with no undercutting (straight sided tone holes) and an almost purely cylindrical bore. The larger tone holes do produce a more robust tone, but the twelfths are “short” and tend to be very sharp in the fundamental when playing pianissimo. The Series 9 (no star) was recommended for Jazz, while the Series 9* was recommended for symphonic work.
The 9* was Selmer’s move toward reducing tone hole diameters in some areas and introduced undercutting. Undercut tone holes, offer a more flexible tone (perhaps a bit more free blowing).
This is a Full Boehm clarinet. However, it does not have the added Eb low note, but rather, it has the standard range for a Bb clarinet.
Tight-grained Grenadilla wood has no cracks or splits. Nickel-plated keywork in excellent condition.
Older pads and corks are sealing and playing well.
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Comes with a heavily scratched Buffet mouthpiece and Luybens ligature. Also comes with the original Selmer zipper case. All as shown in the photos.
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By the way, about the history of these instruments: Although the Series 9 is described as replacing the Centered Tone (C-T), the earliest Series 9 clarinets had R-prefix serial numbers, while the last of the C-Ts had S-prefix numbers, suggesting that a few C-Ts were being finished while the Series 9s were coming out in large numbers. Also, the earliest of the Series 9 (STAR) instruments were marked with R-prefix numbers, meaning that they were being built at the same time as the earliest of the regular Series 9. The only historical marketing brochures found online present the Series 9 and the Series 9 (STAR) together, suggesting that they were being introduced at about the same time.
In the realm of Selmer trivia: There exists aSelmer Series 9 (no STAR), with a U-prefix serial number, on which the tone hole that sits under the right ring finger is fraised. There are other Series 9 clarinets, one X prefix and one Y prefix, both which had the same fraising. It is fairly certain that the later Series 9 clarinets did have undercutting on at least one tone hole. If you happen to have a Series 9, take a look with a pen light or a bore light.
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NMM 6193. Clarinet in B-flat by Henri Selmer, Paris, ca. 1929-1930. Four sections. Stamped on top joint: [music lyre] / H. SELMER / Á / PARIS (in oval cartouche) / HS (monogram) / BREVETÉ / S.G.D.G. Stamped on bottom joint and bell: [music lyre] / H. SELMER / Á / PARIS (in oval cartouche) / HS (monogram). Serial number 5345. Full-Boehm model 20. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Full-Boehm system. 20 keys, 7 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Includes articulated c-sharp1/g-sharp2, forked e-flat1/b-flat2, alternative a-flat/e-flat2 key, extended low range to written e-flat. Barrel: ebonite, lined with metal, with screw-type tuning device on upper socket (lower socket not metal-lined). Thumbrest: tilted slightly to upper right to accommodate thumb contour. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell): 634.0 mm. Part of a set with NMM 6194. Gift of Alan Bates, Hockessin, Delaware, 1998.
Lit.: Deborah Check Reeves, 'Historically Speaking,' The Clarinet 32, No. 2 (March 2005), pp. 28-29.