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Annotated Checklist of Mazzeo System Clarinets
Rosario Mazzeo
The Mazzeo System
In 1961, Rosario
Mazzeo (1911-1997) gave Selmer the exclusive license to manufacture Mazzeo
system clarinets. The instruments utilize Boehm system fingering with several
significant modifications. All Mazzeo system instruments incorporate the
following:
1. New B-flat': Played with a' key and any one or combination
of left-hand second finger or right-hand first, second, or third fingers.
Same fingerings, minus a' key, produce a'. Traditional b-flat' and a' fingerings
also available.
2. Left-hand thumb plateau key.
3. Ringless
bell: Bell has less flare at bottom and no bell ring.
The following are featured on
full and modified Mazzeo system models:
1. E-flat'/b-flat'' may be played
with thumb, first, and third fingers and d-flat'/a-flat'' key of left hand.
2. B'
to c-sharp'' keys articulated.
3. Alternate
left-hand a-flat/e-flat'' key available.
Bibliography:
Rosario Mazzeo, Mazzeo Clarinet Manual (Philadelphia: Henri
Elkan, 1960).
Rosario Mazzeo, The Clarinet: Excellence and Artistry (Sherman
Oaks, California: Alfred Publishing Co., 1981).
Deborah Check Reeves,
"The Mazzeo System Clarinet: An Historical Review," The Clarinet,
Vol. 26, No. 2 (March 1999), pp. 62-64.
Makers
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Chedeville, Edmond
Selmer, H. & A.
Selmer, Henri: 1953; 1961;
1963/1967; 1967
Mazzeo System Clarinets
(in chronological order)
NMM 5828.
Clarinet in B-flat, Edmond
Chedeville, Paris, ca. 1925. Rosario
Mazzeo Collection, 1995.
NMM 6113.
Clarinet in B-flat by Henri
Selmer, Paris, 1953. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1998.
NMM 6116.
Clarinet in B-flat, ca. 1955. Unfinished experimental
prototype. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1998.
NMM 5832.
Clarinet in A by Henri Selmer, Paris, 1961. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.
NMM 6115.
Clarinet in B-flat by
H. & A. Selmer (Bundy division), Elkhart, after 1961. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1998.
NMM 6114.
Clarinet in B-flat by
H. & A. Selmer (Bundy division), Elkhart, after 1961. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1998.
NMM 5830.
Clarinet in B-flat by Henri Selmer,
Paris, 1963 (bottom joint), 1967 (top joint). Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.
NMM 5831.
Clarinet in B-flat by
Henri Selmer, Paris, 1963 (top joint), 1967 (bottom joint). Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.
NMM 5863.
Clarinet in C by Henri
Selmer, Paris, 1967. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1998.
NMM 5834.
Clarinet in B-flat by
Buffet-Crampon and Cie., Paris, 1970. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.
NMM 5833.
Clarinet in A by Buffet-Crampon
and Cie., Paris, 1970. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.
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Collection page.
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