Selmer Reference 54 Alto Sax Vintage

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Selmer Reference 54 Alto Sax Vintage

This Selmer Reference 54 Alto Sax Vintage finish appears to have been played very little so it’s condition is very good. Slight scuffing on the case as this style of case pick up marks easily. Supplied as instrument & case only so no mouthpiece or sling are included.

The ‘Reference’ range has emerged out of the accumulated experience gathered over the course of one century of instrument making and an ongoing exchange with the musicians of legend who played the ‘MkVI’ and ‘Balanced Action’

The ‘Reference’ design integrates acoustic and mechanical characteristics from the most celebrated Selmer Paris models, in instruments which benefit from today’s manufacturing techniques.

The reference 36 develops a rich tone, open, in the spirit of the ‘balanced action’ which was launched in 1936

The reference 54 readopts the design of the MkVI dating back to 1954

“The saxophone was developed in 1846 by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian instrument maker, flautist, and clarinetist born in Dinant and originally based in Brussels, he later moved to Paris to establish his musical instrument business. Prior to his work on the saxophone, he had made several improvements to the bass clarinet by improving its keywork and acoustics and extending its lower range. Sax was also a maker of the then-popular ophicleide, a large conical brass instrument in the bass register with keys similar to a woodwind instrument. His experience with these two instruments allowed him to develop the skills and technologies needed to make the first saxophones. As an outgrowth of his work improving the bass clarinet, Sax began developing an instrument with the projection of a brass instrument and the agility of a woodwind. He wanted it to overblow at the octave, unlike the clarinet, which rises in pitch by a twelfth when overblown. An instrument that overblew at the octave, would have identical fingering for both registers.” – Wikipedia

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