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Henri Selmer Paris is a French enterprise, manufacturer of musical instruments based at Mantes-la-Ville near Paris.Founded in 1885, it is known as a producer of professional-grade woodwind and brass instruments, especially saxophones, clarinets and trumpets.
Exclusive mass-production rights were given to the Selmer company, although only 13,000 were made. [citation needed] Selmer first marketed the instrument in 1959: "Over the past 75 years, many new clarinet key Systems have been submitted to Selmer. Yet the Mazzeo system is the first we have ever placed in production.
The contra-alto clarinet [2] is largely a development of the 2nd half of the 20th century, although there were some precursors in the 19th century: . In 1829, Johann Heinrich Gottlieb Streitwolf [], an instrument maker in Göttingen, introduced an instrument tuned in F in the shape and fingering of a basset horn, which could be called a contrabasset horn because it played an octave lower than it.
Hanson Clarinet Company B♭, A Howarth of London B♭, A: A (joints & barrels only) Jupiter Band Instruments B♭ B♭ Leblanc (a division of The Selmer Company) B♭ E♭ B♭ EE♭ BB♭ Leitner & Kraus E♭, D: C, B♭, A: B♭, A: F B♭ Orsi Instrument Company: G, A♭ (on request) E♭ C, B♭, A, G F (on request) E♭ B♭ Fratelli ...
The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in ... [38] [39] One of the first such blends of plastic was Resonite, ... Two-key clarinet with fingering chart, ...
Conn-Selmer, Inc. is an American manufacturer of musical instruments for concert bands, marching bands and orchestras.It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Steinway Musical Instruments and was formed in 2003 by combining the Steinway properties, The Selmer Company and United Musical Instruments.
Buescher became the main supplier of student-grade saxophones to the H&A Selmer Company, producing the vast majority of such instruments marketed under Selmer's "Bundy" brand. The Elkhart line was continued until 1959, followed by Buescher's downgraded Aristocrat line as their offering in the student market.
The Silva-Bet, which debuted in 1925, is generally acknowledged to have been the first successful metal clarinet. [1] [2] Shortly after the appearance of the Silva-Bet, other woodwind makers entered the metal clarinet market, including Selmer Paris in 1927 [3] with their Master Model as well as American companies Buescher with their True Tone model and H. N. White with the Silver King.