Hi all, my first time posting here.

Can anyone tell me anything about this Clarinet.
I picked this thing up at one of our company pot luck/auctions for $15

It's made by Henry Selmer in Paris according to the label, I kinda picked up from the Internet that it is from the 20's or 30's but beyond that ???

So, what'll it bring on eBay? :D

Eric

Label

oohhh nice i have to say for any instrument similar to that no matter what 15$ is a steal! and on top of that henry selmer is a very well reguarded company! wow nice score

If it were mine, I would put it in a shadowbox and hang it on a wall in the Mancave/Music room. Very nice.

what are the model and serial #'s?

Nice find!

Search out the model and serial number and do some searches on the Selmer forum on the horn. Clarinets aren't particularly popular on the open market as collectables since they don't hold a large place in "popular music" at any time in the past 200 years or so.

Selmer makes great horns and if you find the right buyer, you might be able to make a tidy profit. I had a Selmer Paris MK VI Tenor Sax that I sold on Ebay a couple years ago for over $3K. It was a 71 model that I paid $600 for in 1977 and wasn't really considered to be one of the great vintage models, but still worth selling since ebay gets you a worldwide market for it.

Do alot of research on this before your try your hand at selling it.
Symphony members and collectors will be your best market it if is is worth something and they will ask a barrage of questions and demand detailed photos and may even want to see it in person before buying. Don't try to take it apart, since there are lots of springs and keys that are fragile. Instrument repairmen charge a ton when something comes in for repair in pieces in a box.

I will help you do a little research on this if you like, to help find market values.

At least it wasn't made into a lamp! This is the demise of many a great horn!

Let me know,

Dennis

Thanks everyone for your replies. Would the model be a "Brevette"

I will try to get the serial number off of it, it's really tiny so I'll probably have to scan it or use the camera macro to see it.

Eric

Don't pay no attention to dem uther boobs !!They arre tryin a sell you a buncha bunk.

Tell ya what. Me an Guido'll give ya 50 bucks for it.

We'll paint it neon pink and hang it over a couple a Lascalpa's we picked up and put in the pawller of a little house we run. It'll amuse da goils and maybe one of the sports might be able to blow a toon on it...know wadda I mean??

Buy da Way--- This ain't an offer ya should refuse... You gotta horse you like??

Selmer made a number of instruments, some fairly good, the majority "student" instruments. I think their saxes are better than their clarinets. Bundy was also made or owned by Selmer (don't recall) and they generally sold the cheaper quality stuff under the Bundy label.

For a wood clarinet, the thing to mostly look out for is cracks in the barrel (might need to look inside) and treat it carefully for while to get the wood re-hydrated (avoiding temp extremes and lots of long playing sessions). It will probably need a pad job and probably some mechanical adjustments, although the latter are easier.

Don't know if it's still true, but Buffet-Crampon was usually considered the top clarinet maker, but even they were never as pricey and more well-distributed than the double reeds (Loree oboes and Heckel bassoons) which can go for car prices, even used, if in good shape with a little patience as the market isn't super liquid, but enough so to support those prices). Flute marques are more well-distributed with quality.-kby