You don`t want to get a flute that doesn`t play well, then you`ll end up frustrated and discouraged. Which just proves that you MUST play the flute, or have someone with expertise play it, especially if it is a flute whose reliability is unknown. They don`t even seem like the same brand, which is very confusing to me! I have played new, or recent year Selmers, and they aren`t ANYTHING like my flute in terms of quality and playability totally not comparable to my flute - perhaps my flute was an aberration (in a good way.?). However, depending on your long-term plans, you may want to look into a Yamaha or another brand mentioned in the posts on this forum. If you have played this flute, or someone whom you trust has played this flute, and it plays well and easy, it may suit your present needs. That said, you cannot even determine the true brand of the flute, so be extra wary. It always has had a beautiful sound, and it is near and dear to my heart. It was played continuously, yet only needed minimal servicing until a complete repad a couple of years ago. My flute was the "top of the line" at the time of purchase, so it was (supposedly) a better quality flute than the one in question. My friend is aware at what the sax shops say it is worth and certainly we have looked on ebay as well so, if you would like to make an offer please be in the ballpark.Let me preface with: I have played on my Selmer flute for 35 years.
#SELMER USA SERIAL NUMBER CHART SERIAL NUMBERS#
I know there are some discrepancies as to serial numbers and when they actually started but if what is on Selmer’s website is correct, then this would be under the 600th ever made. He doesn’t need to sell it and his hopes are he could find a good home for it where it will actually be played and enjoyed. All the etching is intact and looks good. It has been brought to numerous sax shops and they all said the re-lacquer job was done extremely well. He does not have the original case and it was sent back to Selmer around 1980 when it was re-lacquered and a different case was bought. It was his fathers and he was the original owner as far as my friend knows.
#SELMER USA SERIAL NUMBER CHART SERIAL NUMBER#
Please use the images below to help locate the serial number on your. It has the “Double S” neck and matching serial number on the neck. The serial numbers can be found in a variety of places on different instruments. If anyone is interested, I have a friend who has a Mark VI tenor that he is looking to sell with serial number 55xxx. Sorry for the long comment, maybe I get into too much detail here. It would be interesting to hear more on this subject. This included the single key guard over these two keys ( instead of one for each key as on my tenor and BA in general). This coincided wth the polycylindrical bore introduction. Around 1950 Buffet adopted a new model identification of No1 or NO1. Selmer made the bell slightly longer sometime under the SBA era for better intonation of the low B and Bb I think. Conn Trumpet Serial Numbers Conn Selmer Serial Number Information Selmer Clarinet Serial Numbers Buffet Serial Numbers. My sax happens to have all of them except one: “The long bell”. I’ve found out six signs or features that came on the SBA. This is the first s/n chart saying, by number, that my tenor actually IS a very early SBA (and not a late BA) More research could be published on that topic I think. The more funny way: Trying to learn what different features that Selmer saxes came with in that time. Also, if 8/10 charts tell me the same answer that’s at least something…Ģ. Checking all existing (there’s a lot of them!)s/n-charts that different people put up and trying to find out which one you believe is the most accurate. I’ve done a lot of research on the internet trying to figure out.Īnd there’s only two ways to do it I think.ġ. Very interesting! I’ve always wondered if my 34 xxx tenor were an SA or SBA. Then click on “File” and then “Save page as”) (If you want to save the chart above, click on it so it opens in your browser. Not sure if that is even possible but it would be cool to know that my sax was from 1951 and 600 tenor saxophone were made that year for example………. I would love to see this chart broken down by year also. That gives me hope that there has to be one in someone’s garage or attic up here in Vermont somewhere…….I’ll have to keep looking and stopping at those garage sales…….Thanks for the research and chart Douglas! Very interesting! There were 83,530 Mark VI tenor saxophones made. I always wondered how many Selmer Super Balanced Action (SBA) tenor saxophones there were and according to this, there were 9,100 made of which I have one. There is a serial number chart on the Selmer website which breaks the serial numbers down by year but doesn’t go into detail about the types of saxophones made nor how many. The cool aspect of this chart that I have never seen before is that Douglas has included the quantities of each type of sax with each model run. This chart was researched by Douglas Pipher and shared on SOTW today. Here is a cool chart of the serial numbers and models of Selmer Saxophones through the last 100 years.
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