This clarinet was made by Henri Selmer & Cie in Paris, France in 1924. It is a Boehm System clarinet in B-flat, made of ebony with German silver keys and ferrules. This clarinet is stamped:
H. SELMER
A
PARIS
BREVETE
S.G.D.G.
This clarinet was previously owned and used by Harold I. Woolridge (1895-1971), as a member of the Sousa Band from 1924 to 1927.
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