Model, Start #, End #. T3 Tenor, unknown, (1954), unknown, (1965). A3 Alto, unknown, (1956), unknown, (1960). A5 Alto, unknown, (1965), unknown, (1969). A4 Alto, unknown, (1966), unknown, (1969). T4 Tenor, unknown, (1966), unknown, (1969). T5 Tenor, unknown, (1966), unknown, (1969). B6 Baritone, unknown. Buescher, Ferdinand August USA: True-Tone (The New) Aristocrat 400 Super 400 Alto and Tenor. There are several distinct series of American made Selmer saxophones, each of which spans the gamut of the saxophone family (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone).

BlowoutSax Top 6 Professional Saxes If you are lucky enough to have deep pockets and want to start with the very best saxophones read on. Blowout Sax’s founder & director, Mark Archer says: “In my opinion the very best saxophone in the world is” Selmer – Paris France Handcrafted in the birthplace of the sax, this is the ultimate saxophonists' dream machine. I am lucky enough to have one of each of the top models and I truly love them both equally, but differently. Fifa 14 I68 Regenerator English more.

My alto is a Selmer-Paris Series II (see photo) which I bought to congratulate myself on managing to get a degree. I used a Peter Ponzol 007 mouthpiece and a leather ligature for 20 years and recently moved onto a Dave Guardala model King. Power Tool Essentials Minecraft Bukkit.

My Selmer, brand spanking new in 1988, and with the stiff test of blowing 8 notes, was a quantum leap from the East European 'banger' I started with. I would definitely say playing a sax of that majesty has helped me enormously to become a very good saxman. The latest model is called Series III, and this is because Selmer are trying to copy the Mark VI. I always believed the classic Coleman 'Godfather of the Sax' Hawkins line about giving up playing the baritone and the bass to play just the tenor. He expressed it thus: 'You've only got one life and that's enough to learn one goddamn saxophone!' And so for the first seventeen years of playing sax I blew only the alto.

And then I blew the legendary Mark VI tenor and we caught fire and I knew that sax and that sax knew me. And now I play it and this Mark VI is 'Magical'. Berry Goddard, of Blowout Sax, has a 1929 Selmer tenor model 26, and uses a Lawton 8*B mouthpiece. The other top highly recommended types of Selmers are called, rather bizarrely, a 'Cigar Cutter'(top players either love them or hate them), 'Radio Improved' and the Selmer 'Balanced Action'(a vintage sax which is an ‘acquired taste.’) Others great Selmer Saxs are called Model 26 and Reference 54 and they all possess magical quality, it’s a question of finding out which one fits you. Mark’s favourite saxmen who blew Selmer-Paris are Ben Webster, who blew a Selmer 'Balanced Action' he called ‘Old Betsy’ and Lou Donaldson, master of the 'boogaloo’, who blew a Mark VI.

Many, many other sax super heroes blew Selmer-Paris: Paul Desmond; Stanley Turrentine; and Coleman Hawkins, who had his Selmer specially made with a quadrupled plated bell; soul sax legend Junior Walker; and Joshua Redman, of the new generation; the list is endless. The price of a Mark VI vary between £3,500 up to over £6,000. They can be found on and Ebay. Or contact us and we can place you with private dealers. The Mark VI is so highly regarded as the most complete saxophone in terms of design and ergonomics as Selmer Paris got it right the freest sax ever created. Serial Numbers to help date the legendary Selmer Mark VI Saxs. The horns from 80,000 to 110,000 command the highest price tags but they say that there are killer horns out there with serial numbers from 110,000 to 220,000 (the 'six digits'), There is no substitute for trying out as many horns as you can to see which one you like the best.