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He soon expanded into the construction of clarinets. By 1900 Henri had gained a reputation for his reeds and mouthpieces and he opened a store and repair shop in Paris. in 1885, Henri began making clarinet reeds and expanded into moutpieces.
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At the time, musical instruments and accessories were primarily hand made, and professional musicians found it necessary to acquire skills allowing them to make their own accessories and repair and modify their own instruments. They were the great-grandchildren of French military drum major Johnnes Jacobus Zelmer, grandchildren of Jean-Jacques Selmer, the Army Chief of Music, and two of 16 children in this musical family.
In the late 1800s, brothers Alexandre and Henri Selmer graduated from the Paris Conservatory as clarinetists. though deliberately pickling clarinet bodies in oil is a no no anyway isn`t it, doesn`t it weaken them and cause more issues than it prevents ?. Īs for parts, I can see why there are bodies floating about unsold, the wood of these B&H made seems very high quality, it`s very black despite the seemed lack of stain (which would have come off by now anyway), this one has probably been oiled so many times over the years that it`ll be pretty waterproof by now -). Yeah, the barrel of the besson (which is definately resin) is different to the stuff the Aristo and old B12s are made of, it`s not bakelite though, it scratches like resin and the surface hasn`t got that 1920s radio shell feel / look like the bell has, I never bothered searching out a plastic regent due to there being loads of good plastic horns about and was careful when I got the Besson to avoid Mazak keys (it has nothing stamped or cast under them and the S/N denotes 1960s, way after the Pot metal era).
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Ĭlick pic to upsize and again for full size they tend to go for around £50 to £80 at pawn shops, this was £15 as they couldn`t sell it - needs a couple of lower pads and I had to bend part of the action back straight (someone must have driven a truck over it), the end tenon which meets the Bell is missing its cork and has insulating tape instead (not important there) but it plays and I`ll have fun renovating it further. Īristocrats (even at proper prices) go for a fraction a B12 of the same age does, is tougher and IMO sounds better - it doesn`t have the famous slick action of the B12 but it doesn`t get in the way of fast playing. The case is is typical American plastic of the era, looks like it came from the same factory which made the shells for the Polymoog, Micromoog and Multimoog, even the styling is similar !. the stock Mouthpiece is a Brilhart Special made from plastic like the horn, it isn`t in the least bit special by Brilhart standards but better than the B12`s stock piece.
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very much in line with the Buffet B12, the body is better made than the buffet (heavier duty, B12s can crack from the bell pillar to the tenon) and I think it sounds more open than a similar aged B12 but the keywork although tough as boots and very playable isn`t as refined as the buffet`s legendary action. Well for anyone interested, the Aristo arrived - a 70s (selmer era) plastic one, probably the same as a Bundy "Resonite".
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