Leather pads, metal resonator Colorless lacquer, engraved Henri SELMER Paris S80 C* mouthpiece SeleS case Aiming to make quality instruments available to a greater number of musicians, Axos ...

Archbishop Reverend Franzo King, who founded the Saint John Coltrane Church 60 years ago as a spiritual hub for jazz lovers and had used the Selmer Mark VI Tenor saxophone in church services for ...

Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock music not as the enemy but as a viable musical option, Brecker began studying clarinet, then moved to alto saxophone in school, eventually settling ...

EASE OF PLAY – Featuring a thinner vamp cut designed for ease of play, a traditional blank for a clear sound and unfiled for powerful tone, D’Addario Woodwinds tenor sax reeds are ideal for a ...

This particular instrument was played ... “Supposedly the best of all six horns,” said Batallán, who bristled slightly when it is suggested that Conn Selmer is trying to reproduce the 6 ...

The alto and the tenor saxophones are prime examples of the Selmer Mark VI ... It set the benchmark for the instrument and was copied by numerous other instrument makers. The two present examples ...

“They gave me a tenor saxophone, because it’s a big instrument and I was a tall ... now acts as a dealer for major manufacturers – Selmer, Yamaha and others – and handles the sale of vintage ...

I’ve played the saxophone for about twenty years, and I know that this doesn’t always feel like a blessing. You can’t change who you are, but you can change your instrument—or parts of it.

They also share fingerings with the tenor sax ... term learner instrument. Elkhart saxophones are manufactured in good company. The American brand is a sub-division of Conn-Selmer, the ‘Selmer ...

whose blockbuster, mom-pleasing jams helped the instrument to be seen as the wimpiest weapon in the smooth-jazz arsenal. Elsewhere, saxophones have been woven inextricably into one of life’s ...