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.
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Lit.: Deborah Check Reeves, 'Historically Speaking,' The Clarinet 32, No. 2 (March 2005), pp. 28-29.