A very special clarinet: Selmer 10S "Marchi"
The Selmer Bb clarinet system "Marchi" built around 1975 is an extended Boehm system with a second register key - you can see that on the barrel. It descends down to Eb - normal clarinets have E as the lowest written note. Note the "articulated G sharp" on this clarinet. In contrast to opinions found on the internet I am very satisfied with this rare and rather complicated clarinet. I use a Meyer 6 medium chamber mouthpiece for Jazz and - among other Vandoren mouthpieces - a Selmer "F" mouthpiece for classic music.
The following picture shows the second register key on the rear:
My C clarinet
This is the only German system (Oehler) clarinet I own: a clarinet in C made by A.E. Fischer in Bremen Germany. I don't exactly know how hold it is. I guess is was build around 1940.
My saxophones
These two pictures shows three saxophones: from left to right:- Dolnet Eb Alto sax. (probably begin of 1950)
- Soprano sax. Yamaha Custom
- Selmer Tenor sax. model Super Action III
My bassoon
This bassoon is a Schreiber (a German company) bassoon Model S15:
My oboes
This image shows three oboes: from left to right:- Howarth model S45C (my standard oboe, semiautomatic)
- Malerne oboe (from ca. 1975, automatic system): my replacement oboe
- Oboe Alexandre Robert probably from around 1920: plays surprisingly well
My double bass
This bass is a bohemian flat back model, probably 120 years old. The dark varnish colour is (more or less) original. I play this bass in classical contexts as well as in Jazz contexts. When playing Jazz I use he classical Underwood pickup in combination with a veteran Polytone bass amplifier.
Contact
If you want to contact me: this is my mail addressVersion 2 EH 06/2019