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1935–1953) the L, M and N series (both with and without the *BT* emblem on the top and bottom joint)

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1931–1934) the K series of serial numbers after K7000 The Breveté mark and the Déposé mark were never meant to describe or label the clarinet they are just French terms meaning, roughly, 'certified' and 'registered', respectively. A 'Déposé' from the N-series will have characteristics very different from those of one from the K-series.

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no model name, often called 'Déposé' (1930s, 1940s and 1950s) These are often differentiated by the letter at the beginning of the serial number and referred to as 'K-series', 'L-series', 'M-series' or 'N-series'.

no model name, often called 'Breveté' (1900s, 1910s and 1920s).

Mark VI (1954–1975 for alto and tenor, 1954–1980 for all other types of sax).

At one time in 1977 there were over one thousand damaged, broken and disassembled Gibson guitars stored in an unheated warehouse in Braintree, Essex.īundy Clarinet Serial Numbers Chart Printable Historical list of Selmer instruments Saxophones-Paris The consequences were that these very expensive musical instruments were used, damaged, and returned unsold to the UK warehouse, where attempts were made to repair them with the limited facilities on hand, as the distribution agreement with the manufacturing base in Kalamazoo, Michigan, did not allow for the return of defective items. This was considered an excellent marketing ploy had it been controlled but the reality of the situation was that instrument loans were made freely available to any musician and bands who made a request.

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The marketing policy adopted by management involved allowing its distributors to arrange short-term loans of Gibson instruments on a trial basis. Selmer UK Īfter being passed around several other owners, Selmer once again found itself owned by the Gibson Guitar parent company, this time through a holding company called Norlin Music USA. Selmer & Cie retaining a minority interest in 1923, then sold to its American partner George Bundy in 1927, ending the financial interest of H. The H&A Selmer (USA) Company, originally a retail partnership between the two brothers, was incorporated to expand with H. Alexandre Selmer established himself in New York in 1909, opening a shop that sold Selmer clarinets and mouthpieces. In 1904, Selmer clarinets were presented at the Saint Louis (USA) World's Fair, winning a Gold Medal. In 1898 Selmer opened a store and repair shop in Paris and started producing clarinets. in 1885, Henri began making clarinet reeds and mouthpieces. 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 Johannes Jacobus Zelmer, grandchildren of Jean-Jacques Selmer, the Army Chief of Music, and two of 16 children in this musical family. In the late nineteenth century, brothers Alexandre and Henri Selmer graduated from the Paris Conservatory as clarinetists.