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Mazzeo System Clarinet in B-flat by Henri Selmer, Paris, 1963/1967

NMM 5831. Clarinet in B-flat by Henri Selmer, 
Paris, 1963/1967 Upper section of clarinet by Selmer, 1963/1967 Elongated register key Lower section of Selmer clarinet

NMM 5831. Clarinet in B-flat by Henri Selmer, Paris, 1963 (top joint), 1967 (bottom joint).  Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.

Twenty German-silver keys, five German-silver rings, one German-silver plateau key. Modified Mazzeo system with custom modifications designed by Mazzeo ca. 1968. Modifications include: elongated register key; elongated left-hand g-sharp' key; brass plate attached to left-hand thumb plateau key; extra right-hand side key with overlapping extensions on other right hand side keys; c-sharp'/g-sharp'' key extension that is operated with right hand. Rosario Mazzeo's U.S. patent #2,867,146 (1959).

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