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SELMER PARIS, PROFESSIONAL ALTO CLARINET, £1295 |
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This is an extremely rare Selmer Alto Clarinet, to low E. This model, which
is open hole, rather than plateau, and which features a double overblowing mechanism,
like an Alto saxophone, was made by Selmer for only a short period after WW 2. Their subsequent designs
adopted only a single overblowing vent, and full plateau mechanism. This instrument is a commission
sale for Clarinets Direct having come to us from a London based professional Jazz player.
The advantage of this mechansim is that it allows for much better response and tuning in the second register,
and overall the sound is "freer" than with a plateau instrument. The mechanism switches automatically to the upper vent
for the pitches above G# in the clarion register. The disadvantage is that the player
must be able to manage a much bigger finger stretch than with a plateau Alto.
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