Just needs a swab and a tube of cork grease to be ready to sell. I decided to melt some glue into the back of the touchpiece so I had a flat surface to affix the cork to.Ī new Hite Premiere mouthpiece, and a good scrubbing of the outside of the case, and it’s ready to go back out into the world.
That serial number would put it at about 1967 manufacture. Refurbished a few years ago, played about 5 times since.
I could have formed the cork to fit, or just jammed a piece of cork in there like I suspect happens on some of them. Bundy Selmer Clarinet Serial Numbers Selmer Clarinet Serial Number List This old picture formerly on the Leblanc site but has since Vintage Bundy 577 Selmer resonite Clarinet with original case. For some reason, the backside of the touchpieces on these is concave. I didn’t get a picture of them before I started, but this is the end result after about 45 minutes of flexing each key:Īt least the touchpieces line up properly on this one.Īnother issue with these is corking the side Bb/Eb key. One of the drawbacks to that soft keywork, especially on the Bueschers and stencils, is that the trill keys end up bent six ways from Sunday. This is one of the benefits of the hopelessly soft keywork that Selmer products were afflicted by from the ’70s onward. The B/F# key on the lower joint was slightly too long but still serviceable, and the C/G# key needed a lot of adjustment in order for the pad cup to sit properly over the tonehole. Re-padding was uneventful, save for a couple key geometry issues which weren’t unexpected, being made by Selmer.
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and the serial number is please feel free to use the ment and zoom features to be sure you get a good overall view of this item. For lack of a buffing machine, my solution is Flitz polish. 1057451 Bundy Clarinet Number Resonite Serial Case Selmer (47.1 similar) Return policywe no longer accept returns. Unlike the Normandy done prior, the keys are in dire need of polishing. As of 2014 its value is listed between 250.00 and 350.00. In addition to the dirt and grime, the pads on this thing were rough. The value of a wood Bundy clarinet with the serial number 66142 varies by its condition. This is a step-up model to a student clarinet and would be a good way for an advancing student to try a wood clarinet without breaking the bank. I hope even one person benefits from that knowledge so my being embarrassingly pedantic was not in vain.) Bundy Resonite Clarinet Serial Numbers The Serial number for Martin guitars should be printed on the neck block inside of the guitar. (Fun fact – serial numbers on these are King serials, not those of Selmer.
I don’t know if they’re unique to this model, but I don’t think any other Selmer-built stencils used them.
This is one of the latter, identical to a Buescher Aristocrat (which itself is simply a Bundy Resonite with inline trill keys) except for the tenon rings. The first Tempos were made by Schreiber in Germany, later ones were made by Selmer USA. King never made their own plastic clarinets. So the first one’s out of the way, what’s next? Sifting through the pile I decided to take care of the dirtiest one: A King Tempo, from around 1975-76.