Crazy Rare Selmer Mark VI Low A Alto Saxophone In Silver Plate!
The rarest sax we have ever offered for sale! This is a Selmer Mark VI low-A alto in silver plate. Serial number 192XXX makes this 1971. As with any vintage instrument, it is guesswork to know if the plating is original. I’ve had one tech say he thinks the plating is not original, and one tell me he thinks it is. The prior owner had no knowledge of it ever having been replated. There is just a pinch of brass showing through mostly on the logo and the bell rim which seems consistent with 50-year-old plating, and the logos and engraving are not filled in and shallow from buffing and replating as would usually be the case. According to research, this was originally shipped from Selmer, Paris to Selmer, USA disassembled and in raw brass, and was finished here. According to the excellent information available on the Henri Selmer webpage, only ninety of these were made in silver plate, and only about half with the high F# key, so if it was originally silver, it is one of about forty-five ever made, assuming those forty-five include the ones plated on this side of the pond.
It is in excellent condition: silver plate about 98% with a little wear on maybe three of the highest keys as seen in the photos, but a bright, shiny, amazing looking horn as seen in the photos. A couple extremely small, hard-to-find dings that you really have to go searching for. No signs of repairs or dent removal. This site limits photos, but you can see more on eBay and Reverb, though it is far less expensive to purchase it here. Owned by a well-known professor of jazz sax who used it regularly and played it publicly just prior to our acquiring it, and did make a few modifications including Oleg side key risers and a spatula-style rocker, though the original key IS included and can be put back on if you want. The lyre screw is missing, but these are readily available and are used by several other Selmers and Bueschers.
Pads are in very good condition as seen in the photos with no adjustments or repairs needed. Just play tested by the two sax guys at our local shop, who were both so excited that they spent most of the time taking selfies with it. Includes the original case which is also hard to find, this one with some of the outer covering missing, but structurally sound with all latches working, and with the further addition of a very nice, padded case cover.
A great, super-rare vintage sax, and the only one you’ll ever see on the used market!
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