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DescriptionBassaklarinett.jpg
Íslenska: Ljósmynd sem sýnir fjögur bassaklarinett. Frá vinstri: (líklegast) Leblanc L400, Signet Selmer 1430P, E. M. Winston, Leblanc 330S.
Leblanc hljóðfærin og E. M. Winston hljóðfærið eru gerð úr afrískum svartviði, en Signet Selmer hljóðfærið er gert úr hörðu gúmmíi.
English: A photo showing four bass clarinets. From left: (most likely) Leblanc L400, Signet Selmer 1430P, E. M. Winston, Leblanc 330S.
The Leblanc instruments and the E. M. Winston instrument are made out of african blackwood, but the Signet Selmer instrument is made out of hard rubber.
"Alexandre clarinets (from Alexandre Selmer, Henri Selmer's brother who returned to france to help in clarinet production) also supported F. Barbier clarinets. Florentin Barbier factory was sold to Selmer paris at one time. ... Later Barbier production was moved to Elkhart, and resembled the earliest Signets. / Selmer USA has manufactured various clarinets under the Signet brand since about 1945 and going back to the early 1920s. Selmer USA actually manufactured Signet clarinets before World War II (per customer 2/18/2012). The pre WWII Signet was quite interesting as it had several pro features (swoopy keywork which allows ease of adjustment). ..."
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