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This Selmer Centered Tone Clarinet was previously owned by the infamous John Winston Grimes.

Carlo Sbisa shares information about the design and manufacture of the custom made Low C Extension system for the paperclip contrabass clarinet.

The Pan American “Violin Finish” Clarinet according to the brochures, flyers and price lists was a light-colored violin finish for wood clarinets. They first popped up in the Spring of 1950 and the last mention of it was in January 18, 1954.

A few days ago, I came across a couple of saxophones that I had never seen or heard of before and they looked really, really interesting. I had heard of the Romero System before, but only on clarinets. Here's a little information on these instruments.

Like all clarinets that differ from the bog-standard 17/6 Klose-Boehm clarinet, it landed in the clarinet world with a resounding “plop”. Manufactured by Selmer in their professional, intermediate (Signet) and student (Bundy) lines, Mazzeo instruments enjoyed a very brief surge of interest in the 1960s, only to largely disappear from sight.