They came in three flavors...
The Bundy was the bottom of the line, pretty much a standard Bundy horn from the era with the Maezzo mechanism, a clutch pin on the upper joint, and the plateau key for the LH thumb, plus the unique Maezzo bell.
The Signet was a Signet (mid range price) wooden horn, with the same system but apparently a lever to flip. I've never seen one myself, but there's one up on eBay right now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Selmer-Signet-B...ultDomain_0&hash=item256336508c#ht_500wt_1156
The Selmer models were standard pro instruments. I've seen them both with more or less "standard' 17/6 keywork as well as in a "full Boehm" model. Same bells, same alternative fingering for the break, with the same clutch pin as the Bundy model.
As I've said before, most of the Bundys appear to be missing the clutch. Certainly the two I attempted to buy, along with another four or five that I've inquired about, were in that sad condition. The Selmer ones are typical Selmer high end craftsmanship. i dunno about the Signet.
In my fifty-six odd years of clarinet playing, I have yet to encounter anyone who owned (or plays) one, and have only met a few folks who have played someone else's. Not a good percentage there.
The main problem with them is that you have to abandon all resonance fingerings for the throat notes. If you can undo years of training pointing towards that technique, you might be able to adapt. Smart money says that you can't though.
The Bundy was the bottom of the line, pretty much a standard Bundy horn from the era with the Maezzo mechanism, a clutch pin on the upper joint, and the plateau key for the LH thumb, plus the unique Maezzo bell.
The Signet was a Signet (mid range price) wooden horn, with the same system but apparently a lever to flip. I've never seen one myself, but there's one up on eBay right now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Selmer-Signet-B...ultDomain_0&hash=item256336508c#ht_500wt_1156
The Selmer models were standard pro instruments. I've seen them both with more or less "standard' 17/6 keywork as well as in a "full Boehm" model. Same bells, same alternative fingering for the break, with the same clutch pin as the Bundy model.
As I've said before, most of the Bundys appear to be missing the clutch. Certainly the two I attempted to buy, along with another four or five that I've inquired about, were in that sad condition. The Selmer ones are typical Selmer high end craftsmanship. i dunno about the Signet.
In my fifty-six odd years of clarinet playing, I have yet to encounter anyone who owned (or plays) one, and have only met a few folks who have played someone else's. Not a good percentage there.
The main problem with them is that you have to abandon all resonance fingerings for the throat notes. If you can undo years of training pointing towards that technique, you might be able to adapt. Smart money says that you can't though.
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