{"product_id":"selmer-paris-bass-clarinet-sn-1902-restoration-project","title":"Selmer Paris Bass Clarinet RESTORATION PROJECT","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelmer Paris Bass Clarinet Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Selmer Paris bass clarinet is an \"as-is\" restoration project instrument that is not playable in its current condition. It will require a complete overhaul before musical use. Selmer Paris instruments are respected by serious clarinetists, doublers, and ensemble players for the company’s long association with French woodwind design and professional clarinet making. This instrument displays visible Selmer and France engraving, and it represents a potentially significant instrument for a player, collector, technician, or restorer who understands the value of careful evaluation on an As-Is bass clarinet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelmer Paris Bass Clarinet Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstrument Type: Bass clarinet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand: Selmer Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModel: Selmer Paris bass clarinet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody: Grenadilla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeywork, Bell, and Neck: Silver plate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCase: Selmer-marked hard case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccessories: Bell and curved neck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSerial Number: 1902\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Setup\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bass clarinet is offered As-Is for repair, restoration, parts, or evaluation by a qualified woodwind technician. It has not been serviced, set up, or play-tested. The body sections show numerous scratches, scuffs, and finish wear, and the metal keywork shows tarnish, discoloration, oxidation, and green corrosion in multiple areas. The bell and curved neck show heavy patina, plating wear, scratches, stains, and green oxidation deposits. Tenon corks show age, wear, darkening, chipping, and cracking. The included Selmer-marked hard case has a worn interior and heavy exterior damage, including torn covering, exposed substrate, and edge and corner wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho the Selmer Paris Bass Clarinet Is For\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Selmer Paris bass clarinet family is best suited to advanced clarinetists, woodwind doublers, teachers, ensemble players, and technicians who understand the demands of bass clarinet setup and response. In musical use, bass clarinet is valued for its dark low-register color, its ability to reinforce inner voices, and its usefulness across wind ensemble, orchestra, chamber music, pit orchestra, and studio settings. Players drawn to Selmer Paris instruments typically value a focused clarinet sound, refined keywork concept, and the maker’s established place in professional woodwind history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommon Questions About the Selmer Paris Bass Clarinet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat makes Selmer Paris bass clarinets desirable to serious players?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelmer Paris has a long reputation among clarinetists for professional woodwind design, and its bass clarinets are associated with focused tone, ensemble flexibility, and use by advanced players and doublers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow should an Restoration Project bass clarinet be evaluated?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA qualified woodwind technician will need to evaluate pad seal, key regulation, tenon corks, body integrity, neck fit, bell condition, and overall mechanism before performance use. This instrument will certainly require an overhaul and pad work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere is a bass clarinet typically used?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBass clarinet is widely used in wind ensemble, orchestra, chamber music, pit orchestra, studio doubling, and contemporary repertoire where a dark low-register clarinet color is needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quinntheeskimo.net\/Pics\/SelmerParislogo\/SelmerParislogo0.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quinntheeskimo.net\/Pics\/SelmerParislogo\/SelmerParislogoThumb0.jpg\" alt=\"Selmer Paris Logo\" align=\"middle\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe are proud to be an authorized Selmer Paris dealer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Didaskalou - West Michigan Band Instruments","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53632555352429,"sku":"SPBC-902","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/3461\/files\/7128195.jpg?v=1785449064","url":"https:\/\/www.brassandwinds.com\/products\/selmer-paris-bass-clarinet-sn-1902-restoration-project","provider":"The Mighty Quinn Brass and Winds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}