Old Musical Instruments
Buying-Selling Early Musical Instruments
|
|
William Petit wpetit@sfr.fr Tel 00 33 6 13 12 43 22
|
|
Appraisal Saxophones Selmer Saxophones Adolphe Sax Flûtes Woodwind Brasswind Mandolins Strings Violin-Viola d'Amore-Quinton Miscellaneous |
The Selmer Balanced Action would become the basic prototype for what is now considered the "standard" saxophone design. Radical changes included: bell keys placed on the right side of the horn with the rods running down the front of the horn instead of the side, radically redesigned octave key mechanism, a standard alternate front F key, and modern palm key design. The new Selmer also sported a mother of pearl G# key and a flat side key design. To top off this stunning work, The result is a strikingly beautiful and facilitative horn. Coleman Hawkins chose to play on this model at the end of the Thirties Saxophone Alto Selmer Balance Action # 30.xxx de 1942
|