2017 selmer reference 54 saxophone dark gold
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I have his reviews of the VII alto when it came out & they were quite good. Fred Hemke did NOT design the Mark VII as many would have you believe although he may have given advice when asked & no doubt he was as a Selmer clinician. The Mark VII was never intended to be a VI in any way, it is an entirely different model designed by leon Selmer & Michael Nouaux, premier solo saxophonist of the Guard Republicaine Band, Paris. I think that makes the VII a narrower bore than the VI, which surprised me. PS I tried some other necks on it, but two necks that fit my VI have tenons that are too wide to fit in the receiver. This one isn't engraved, which is a shame, and the "S" on the neck octave mechanism isn't highlighted in blue - does anyone know whether that is typical ?Īnother horn added to the collection, so I am really going to have to start selling some others. The ergonomics aren't really a problem to me - the left and right pinky keys are reasonably comfortable (I'd say that my hands are fairly average size), but maybe the neck angle and the right hand thumb hook are not quite as comfortable as some other modern horns. I am quite tempted to use it on gigs in preference to my MkVI in case it gets knocked over or nicked. The sound is definitely "Selmer" to my ears and not all that different to my MkVI. The sax has obviously been played a lot, but apart from the neck cork, it is all functioning well and looks pretty robust. I've just bought a MkVII tenor for about a third or a quarter of what MkVIs are going for and I'm very impressed.