BeBop Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Sorry, it is probably behind a pay wall. Interesting to me. I grew up playing altogether and tenor in the sixties, seventies, eighties... The article captures the sentiments of my days around these horns. My cousin owned the largest musical instrument store West of much-of-America. I could have had innumerable Mark VIs at wholesale or less. Still these were more expensive than other horns (at same discount), so I went with the product I could more readily afford. Regrets? I would go with the milder "occasional twinges". And yes, I still play. Yamaha, mainly. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-legend-of-the-selmer-mark-vi?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_010624&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_term=tny_daily_digest&bxid=5bea04523f92a404693e5cf0&cndid=8049298&hasha=249c6f3ba6da9f452aaf57df6b7689e6&hashb=0672c70953f2ad5edeb32477a04ceaecfa9574a2&hashc=6050ecdeb31a7e169e20bc9c2aef4a17a508003dbc0f35d165412ddfed82949c&esrc=OIDC_SELECT_ACCOUNT_&mbid=CRMNYR012019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 I have a Conn & a King, both C-melodies. Both nearly 100 years old. I have no interest at all in Selmers, even if I could afford them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted January 7 Author Report Share Posted January 7 My C Melody is a Buescher. I imagine a Selmer Mark VI C Melody, if such a thing existed, would play closer to in-tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 They made 5 of them?!?!?! https://www.saxontheweb.net/threads/mark-vi-c-melody.46877/#replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted January 7 Author Report Share Posted January 7 Jim, thanks for the SOTW link. I slept through that one. Amazing to me that Selmer would make just a handful of anything. One or two, for a marquee player. A million for tout le monde. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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