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SELMER PARIS, PROFESSIONAL BASSET HORN in F, £3495

This is a very good condition Selmer Basset Horn in Grenadilla wood, to low C. The Selmer design of Basset Horn differs radically from that of Buffet and Leblanc in that it is basically an extended Bb instrument. Thus it can be played with your usual Bb clarinet m'piece. Buffet and Leblanc Basset Horn designs are essentially modified Alto clarinets.
This instrument is a one owner example and is in very good condition. It goes without saying that Basset Horns do not get heavy use, and this example, amateur owned, has been exceptionally well maintained. The Nickel Silver keywork is good and shows only slight wear, the plating is about 95%. There are two crooks both in excellent condition, one for use at A=440 the other A=442. The bell shows no damage, only light surface marks. The Bassset Horn has leather pads throughout in very good condition, the key work is also well regulated, with no play or slackness in the mechanism: This instrument will play perfectly out of the box. The wood is in overall excellent condition with no cracks or repairs. Selmer is generally held to be the finest manufacturer in the world of harmony clarinets, and this instrument would retail today new for £9700. The matching Selmer serial nos. are B1782 which dates to 1982, when it was bought new from T W Howarth in London. The m'piece is a Vandoren B45 Lyre in excellent condition.