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mchs3d · 09-30-2005, 10:52 PM

Ok, here goes. I've had a Selmer Paris Radial 2 for the past 4 years. Great trumpet, I love playing on it, but I hardly ever find info on it. It took me a couple years just to figure out that the model is known as a "Radial 2" because valves 1 & 3 are tilted at a 2 degree angle from valve 2. Basically, what I know about is that Maurice Andre teamed up with Henri Selmer to create this trumpet sometime in the 1960s. That's about it. I've heeard from a number of accounts that Selmer Paris trumpets are very good trumpets, but I was wondering if any professionals know some background information on this mysterious trumpet. Thanks in advance!

09-30-2005, 10:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
mchs3d Pianissimo User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 104	Selmer Paris Radial Ok, here goes. I've had a Selmer Paris Radial 2 for the past 4 years. Great trumpet, I love playing on it, but I hardly ever find info on it. It took me a couple years just to figure out that the model is known as a "Radial 2" because valves 1 & 3 are tilted at a 2 degree angle from valve 2. Basically, what I know about is that Maurice Andre teamed up with Henri Selmer to create this trumpet sometime in the 1960s. That's about it. I've heeard from a number of accounts that Selmer Paris trumpets are very good trumpets, but I was wondering if any professionals know some background information on this mysterious trumpet. Thanks in advance!