Three new workshops are constructed: one for reeds, two for saxophones. with Selmer (Paris) retaining a minority interest. 1923â∲4: Selmer's New York retail operation incorporated as H&A Selmer Inc.Selmer then counts 50 instrument makers who manufacture 30 saxophones per month. The whole family is offered, including a c-melody saxophone. The 'Series' 22 makes way for the 'Model 22'. 1922: 31 December 1922, the first Selmer saxophone is finished: a 'Series 22' alto.Other saxophone manufacturers, like Dolnet and Evette-Scheaffer, are already established in this city. 1919: Opening of a new factory in Mantes whose technical direction is headed by Maurice and Henri Lefèvre, both sons-in-law of Henri Selmer.Alexandre, after having opened his first shop in the United States, decides to return to France, entrusting the management to one of his students, George Bundy. 1910: Maurice Lefèvre, Paul Lefèvreâs second son, joins the Selmer Paris team.There, he has the opportunity to play under the conductor Gustav Mahler. 1909: Alexandre Selmer joins the New York Philharmonic Orchestra as first clarinetist.This first structure will later become the H&A Selmer (USA) company.
The following year, Alexandre officially establishes himself in New York USA, where he starts selling the Selmer Paris clarinets. Henri takes over the Barbier Company (a flute manufacturer, rue du faubourg Saint Denis, in Paris). 1905: Paul Lefèvre and his son Henri, who had been working for Maison Robert (a clarinet manufacturer), join Henri Selmer's team.This will strongly contribute to the development of their sales in the US.
From 1903, he plays the clarinets his brother is manufacturing in France. During this period Alexandre Selmer, Henri's brother, has been first clarinetist in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for two years.
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Selmer’s first flutes were modeled on Louis Lot flutes, which many professional flutists played in the 1920s. The company hired Kurt Gemeinhardt, a German flute craftsman, to oversee production. The flute manufacturing side of the business moved to Boston for a time to take advantage of the large pool of skilled flute makers there. Haynes, who came from a prominent flute-making family, to design the first Selmer flute.
Bundy’s desire to expand the business led him to venture into flute manufacturing. Bundy expanded the retail and distribution efforts, and the company began carrying instruments from other musical companies, such as Vincent Bach, Ludwig and Martin. Alexandre returned to Paris in 1918 to assist Henri in the family business while George Bundy, one of Selmer’s New York employees, took over managing the U.S.