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Although it started out slowly, demand for the Selmer Paris saxophone began to increase between 1917-1919. It was then that a decision was made that would forever change the scope of business at Selmer. By 1919, Henri Selmer had committed to the decision that Selmer would make saxophones ... [more]

The Mark VII was the first Selmer that came with high F# as standard, before now it was only available as a special order. Officially, Selmer only made the Mark VII model in alto and tenor saxophones, but looking over the official Selmer records, there were a handful of Mark VII bari and soprano saxes.

The standard alto was available in either a Series II or Series III, with honey gold lacquer and black pearl key touches. The limited Reference 54 alto sax came in the dark Reference lacquer, with black pearls, and was available with or without …

Dec 7, 2011 · Maurice and Henri Lefevre, both now sons-in-laws of Henri Selmer, developed and perfected production methods and machine-tools. At the end of 1921, the first Selmer saxophone was born, the model 22, an alto.

For example, the earliest 1955 model I see is # 54985 (a Super Balanced Action tenor sax, leaving the factory on January 12, 1955). There were even some sopranino saxes in serial # 548xx range that did not ship until 1960!

"SML was a revolutionary concept in saxophone design that sought to replace the confusing Eb/Bb and Soprano/Alto/Tenor saxophone terminology with a much easier to understand Small/Medium/Large taxonomy. Under their system, Eb alto became small, Bb tenor became medium, and Eb bari became large.

The Selmer-U.S. Padless Saxophone operates under the same principles as a regular saxophone except that the “pad” is replaced by a flat metal plate and the edge of the tone hole is replaced by a tone ring.

The Selmer Super Balanced Action is considered by many to be the design that set the tone for the modern saxophone. Originally called the Super Action model, it is now known as the Super Balanced Action (SBA) to differentiate it from the newer Super Action 80 …

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