NMM 5863. Clarinet in C by Henri Selmer, Paris, 1967. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.

Four sections (2 barrels). Stamped on larger barrel: HENRI / SELMER / PARIS (within a wreath) / B (script). Stamped on smaller barrel: HENRI / SELMER / PARIS (within a wreath) / 9. Stamped on top joint: MAZZEO / model / DÉPOSÉ / HENRI / SELMER / PARIS (HENRI / SELMER / PARIS within a wreath) / FRANCE. Stamped on bottom joint: SELMER / PARIS (within a wreath). Stamped on bell: HENRI / SELMER / PARIS (within a wreath) / MAZZEO / SYSTEM. Serial number V1840. Selmer-Mazzeo model 20B Custom Modified. Grenadilla body, German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. 19 keys, 5 rings, 1 left-hand plateau key. Boehm-Mazzeo System with custom modifications. Key modifications: thumb plateau key for left-hand; right-hand side key for throat B-flat; c-sharp¹/g-sharp² key extension operated by right hand; articulated, left-hand b¹/right hand c-sharp² modification to hold c-sharp² while depressing the b¹ key. Rosario Mazzeo, U.S. patents #2,867,146 (1959), #3,035,473 (1962), #3,150,553 (1964), and #3,204,512 (1965). Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell): 515.0 mm.

Lit.:   Deborah Check Reeves, "The Mazzeo System Clarinet:  An Historical Review," The Clarinet 26, No. 2 (March 1999), pp. 62-64.

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