1969 Selmer Paris Mark VI Tenor Sax
Original Lacquer – ProShop Overhauled with Black Kangaroo Pads
Serial 139712 with 1964 Vintage 117122 Neck

The Selmer Mark VI Tenor Sax is revered by many as the best saxophone ever made. While much of this is a personal opinion, one cannot argue that the Mark VI is surely among the all time best with virtually every major professional player throughout sax history performing on the Selmer Mark VI Tenor Sax. Made continuously from 1954 through 1974 (with altos and tenors being made through 1976’ish & the baritone, soprano & sopranino made in to the early 1980’s), many players will group the earlier production among the best made and the highest performing of the Mark VI history.

A True “Player’s Horn”!
There are a lot of different type of buyers for Mark VI Tenor Saxes. Some are looking for the collector’s horn, some are looking for a horn with a certain serial number and others are sheerly looking for a horn that wails! This horn is what we refer to as a “Player’s Horn”. This means that even though it isn’t a collector’s model that other buyers might be looking for, this horn IS a horn that if you put your mouthpiece on, you will be blown away. There are a lot of reasons behind this (no high F#, original lacquer, never damaged, plus the great overhaul we did), but suffice it to say that this is one of the most impressive PLAYING Mark VI Tenor Saxes you will find. This horn wants to leap out of your hand with vibrance and response while providing the most smooth fluidic mechanism you will ever feel on a Mark VI. If you NEED a Mark VI that is reliable and simply PLAYS, you need to look at this horn!

Serial 139712 with 117122 Neck – Original Lacquer, No High F#, Overhauled
This particular Mark VI Tenor Sax is serial number 139712 and has almost all of its original lacquer in tact. It is a model without a high F#, which we feel is a beneficial thing for a Mark VI Tenor Sax. We find that, regardless of vintage, that Mark VI Tenor Sax models without the high F# have a more resonant, thicker tone. Finding a later production Mark VI Tenor Sax without a high F# though is not as common as the majority of them in the later 10 years of production had the key. In comparison, the first 10 years of VI production did not have this key as commonly.

1964 Vintage #117122 Neck – Original Lacquer
This horn came to us without it’s original neck, but at least with a similar vintage of neck. The neck is serial 117,122 which places its production 5 years older than the body. The neck has its original lacquer but is a slightly different color than the body. It does look like whoever put this neck on the horn possible transferred the original octave key from the original neck as the lacquer on the octave key more similarly matches the body. We do not know this for sure, but are making an educated guess based on inspection.

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