Most of those years, the church was doing music in keys that a sax player who mostly improvised could easily play along with. When I set out to prepare a reference guide for pricing vintage horns, I did so with the clear understanding that it’s not a perfect world, and that the preparation of a perfect value guide would be impossible.

1920s Selmer New York C Melody. I've only seen a few photos. View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Articles Forum Contributor 2011 Join Date Jun 2011 …

Though I started playing my Bb tenor in concert, rock and jazz bands over forty years ago, I’ve also been playing it in church services off and on for about 35 years. Shopping For C Melody Saxes. Only a handfull of C-melody Selmer Paris saxophones were ever made after 1930. Le « Série 22 » fait place au « Modèle 22 ». Modern action, gone are the quirky vintage forked Eb and G# trill keys. Several companies also make modern C-Melody mouthpieces that will take alto or tenor reeds. VINTAGE SAXOPHONE VALUE GUIDE. General Saxophone Discussion; C Melody Soprano, Contralto & Tenor; Selmer's C Melody Saxophones; Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Last. Peu après, l’ensemble de la famille est proposé. by Paul D. Race . Selmer compte alors 50 luthiers qui fabriquent 30 saxophones par mois. 11-03-2011, 03:24 PM #3. And how often has the alto sax been just that little bit too 'thin' or high, and the tenor sax just a bit too low - C-melody is in between ! 1920s Selmer New York C Melody. Manufacturers, models - stencils and serial numbers ' Martin Handcraft ' 1931. Good player 1931, s/no 104xxx - literally the last of the C-Melody line, lovely !! Sop: SA80II - Barone Vintage 7 Alto: MKVI 56k - Barone NY5M Tenor: MKVI 127k - Barone Jazz 7* Bari: 12M Tranny 259k - Barone-modified HR Link 0.110" / Morgan Double-Chamber 8. This is an extremely rare example of a later vintage Selmer Paris c-melody saxophone. By 1900 Selmer was also manufacturing Alto Clarinets, Bass Clarinets, Flutes, Oboes, and English Horns. Re: Selmer's C Melody Saxophones Rudy Wiedoeft switched from a Conn C melody to a Selmer around 1923 (Model 22). Jump to page: Results 1 to 20 of 49 Thread: Selmer's C Melody Saxophones. by Paul D. Race .

1922 : Le 31 décembre 1921 est présenté le premier saxophone Selmer (un alto), le « Série 1922 ». These instruments were made up until the 1950’s. The Feather C Melody Saxophone Microphone with Flexible Micro-Gooseneck by Myers Pickups Selmer S-80 C* Mouthpiece for Alto Saxophone (S402C1) 4.7 out of 5 stars 181

The horn looks fantastic in its original silver plate with gold wash bell. 1951 (late) - First Low A Baritone Saxophone 1954 - Mark VI 1975 - Mark VII 1981 - Super Action 80 1986 - Super Action 80, Series II. Great for jazz, and all modern music. In fact, we have a few instruments made by Selmer . The latest model C Melody I'm aware of that Selmer Paris ever produced was the Balanced Action.

View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Articles Distinguished … Also be aware that the serial numbers below weren't just for C-Melody saxes, each instrument produced was assigned a sequential unique number, so (for example) in Jan-1924, 60993 could have been a Tenor Sax, 60994 a C-Mel, 60995 a Soprano, etc. by Paul D. Race . Though I started playing my Bb tenor in concert, rock and jazz bands over forty years ago, I’ve also been playing it in church services off and on for about 35 years.

He preferred the concert sound vs, the sound of American horns. The first Selmer clarinets were made in 1890. etc. Le « C Melody

- at least that's how I understand it ? Perhaps the rarest C-melody saxophones of all are Conn "Transitionals" with the so-called Conn 10M-style "Naked Lady" on the bell. The tone is consistent and compact and plays nicely in tune all the way to the top - this makes a nice change as we have found that other similar value C Melody horns have had really wayward tuning, whereas this model is very acceptable. Shopping for C Melody saxophones (and their little brothers, the C Soprano) is different from shopping for any other kind of sax. Encouragée par le chaleureux accueil que reçoit ce saxophone, la société Henri SELMER Paris décide de mener à bien la fabrication du soprano si♭ droit, du soprano courbe, du soprano en ut et des saxophones ténor en si♭ et en ut, ce dernier étant plus connu sous le nom de « C Melody ». I don't have a good enough camera to capture the real dark vintage lacquer colour - it's gorgeous.

Saxophones Sakkusu C-Melody Saxophone Review Author Ads; Creation date Aug 31, 2014; Overview ... that this horn has the refined feel of the Taiwanese made Sakkusu Tick logo Alto of old or the likes of the TJ-SR or Selmer Premiere , it`s a Chinese sax after all, but it's not as lumpy as some of the higher end Chinese horns can be under the fingers ..

If you get your hands on a C melody saxophone and look at the serial number, it will most likely be a restorated saxophone made in the 1920’s. For a student-level instrument this modern day C melody sax represents great value for money. As far as C-Melody horns go, these early Selmer's are fantastic. Little Sax.