Selmer Paris Bass Clarinet Serial Number
Here are a couple 'for what it's worth' comments that'll hold you over until someone more knowledgable about Selmer bass clarinets comes by: T that has a serial number about 1000 off of yours. Also note the lower keys on the right side of the horn above the bell: the eBay 67 and your horn have a couple of 'fine tuning' screws. From USAHorn. No fine tuning screws. (Here's a new to take a peek at.) On some 67s, '67' is stamped on the bell section, right below where the bell connects to the lower joint.
It's on the back. So, @ can probably confirm if I'm right or not. Stan Getz Sax Solos Pdf File. Considering, @ can probably tell you if the horn Quinn's selling is a 33 or something earlier. I also think Gandalfe had/has a 67 bass. Y'know, you're making me put more work in this thread than I wanted. Abbreviations: Priv=Privilege.
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OP=Original Poster, i.e. Red Krayola Fingerpainting Rar there. BC=Bass Clarinet. ========== Well, that's what the seller calls it, at least.
IMO, you definitely could argue that there was a bass clarinet model after the 33 and before the Priv. I'm not planning on doing a point-by-point comparison of the horns I've linked to that people call '67s' but don't have the Priv stamp, because that really doesn't interest me and I wouldn't be able to measure the bore, anyway. As I said, I await someone with more Selmer BC knowledge. All I can say is that the horns folks are calling '67s' and don't have the 'Priv' stamp look more similar to a Priv than the 33.
OP's horn looks more like these non-Priv 67s. I'd say, 'Write to Selmer to get the bottom line,' but I think we've successfully proven that Selmer really isn't that great of a source for info, except if you want to ask them where to buy a new horn. Also, FWIW, a lot of folks say that a Model 31 is a Model 33 and vice-versa. Again, I'm not sufficiently interested to do more research on it, but I think that the Model 31 is probably the low Eb BC and the 33 is the low C BC.
Or someone just got confused and the 31 is the Bb contra before the 41. I was interested enough to look up the that clarnibass mentioned. And it has the little adjustment screws I was yammering on about. So, the timeline is: About 1960: Selmer Series 9 bass clarinet introduced. Between 1968 and 1971: Selmer Model 33 bass clarinet introduced. The existence of a Model 33 can be proven with Early 1980s: Revision of the Model 33 bass clarinet. 1995: Introduction of the Model 37 bass clarinet..
The Series 9 and Model 33 talk is distilled from and cross-referenced with, for the serial numberage. Selmer bass clarinets do follow the Bb soprano serial number chart. The latest horn listed on clarinetperfection is E74xx, which is dated to 1991 -- and B series serials = 1980.
So, it's definitely not an 'early' 33. It's probably not a 67. It's probably a 37. Killed a lunch hour!
Here are a couple 'for what it's worth' comments that'll hold you over until someone more knowledgable about Selmer bass clarinets comes by: T that has a serial number about 1000 off of yours. Also note the lower keys on the right side of the horn above the bell: the eBay 67 and your horn have a couple of 'fine tuning' screws. From USAHorn. No fine tuning screws. (Here's a new to take a peek at.) On some 67s, '67' is stamped on the bell section, right below where the bell connects to the lower joint. It's on the back. So, @ can probably confirm if I'm right or not.