July 27, 2024
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Henri Selmer
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Henri Selmer graduated from the Conservatoire de Paris, in 1885. After a successful but brief career in the Orchestre de Paris as a clarinet performer he deserted playing to do full-time research meant to improve his instrument. He began by making reeds and mouthpieces. At the same time, Henri’s brother Alexandre left for the US…
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April 9, 2020 11 Comments
American is still in love with cowboys. Television follows a different path since The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and Have Gun, Will Travel, and having and owning guns is now much different. It may not be as frequent as it once was, but there are still lots of nine-year-old boys who want to be cowboys, unknowingly because the romance of a lifestyle on the open range still thrills those with adventurous spirits. Read about a different time and how a young artist named J. R. Parry saw the Cowboy in Repose.