Which Selmer was it?

[morgan]

As I understand it Selmer USA and Selmer Paris, despite their similar-sounding names, are separate companies -- one of them essentially a big distributing house and the other a manufacturer of quality instruments.

So.

Which of these two was it that bought Buescher around 1963?

[Gregg W. Jackson]

Selmer USA

See the Selmer USA official history at http://www.selmer.com/history/acq-era.html. See also Ralph Morgan's unofficial history at
http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Equipment/Selmer.html.