GUEST: I bought this saxophone when I was in ... indicates that it was made and engraved in Paris and sold in Europe. APPRAISER: They made very poor cases for their European horns.

Dr. Jordan VanHemert of the Hope College music faculty has been recognized as an Henri Selmer Paris saxophones performing artist by the musical-instrument company Conn-Selmer. “We are proud to welcome ...

The saxophones were made at the factory in Mantes, outside Paris; some were also assembled in Elkhart, Indiana at the headquarters of the company’s American affiliate. Selmer, which started in ...