The 3m-tall subcontrabass saxophone’s lowest note is just about within the human range of hearing. Enjoy this wonderful video of Italian jazz musician Attilio Berni, a graduate of the Santa Cecilia ...

APPRAISER: And the year was? GUEST: 1990-ish? APPRAISER: What you have is a Selmer saxophone. Selmer has been, from the beginning, uh, the preeminent brand of saxophones. All the best professional ...

But, when it comes to the largest part of the saxophone—the horn itself—there is little argument. Since the release of the Selmer Mark VI, in 1954, it has been played by nearly all the greats ...

The prices of Selmer's saxophones range from 2,700 to 20,000 euros, with an average of 4,500 euros. Coltrane played a Selmer Mark VI tenor on his classic "A Love Supreme" album. Former U.S ...

Now 23, he owns about 50 of the instruments, including the only subcontrabass saxophone in the U.S. (there are only four of these instruments in the world). This subcontrabass saxophone is ...

European buyout firm Argos Soditic said it is in exclusive talks to buy a majority stake in Henri Selmer Paris, a French manufacturer of saxophones and clarinets that has been family-owned since ...