1961 Selmer Paris Mark VI Tenor Sax
Re-Lacquer – ProShop Overhauled – Never Damaged

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. Many schools of thought go in to what makes a Mark VI “worth it” to the player – specific vintage (5 digit), lacquer condition, previous damage – but every player is unique on what they are looking for. Most commonly, players will search for an earlier production “5 digit” model but then the price starts going up exponentially. So for many, finding the right horn is a difficult journey.

Serial 94,417 – Re-Lacquer, No High F#, Overhauled
This particular Mark VI Tenor Sax is serial number 94417 – and has its original matched serial number neck – that has never been damaged. This horn is physically in solid condition, but was re-lacquered at some point in its life. The previous owner was told it was original and was quite disappointed when we showed otherwise. It was a good relacquer however, possibly a Selmer USA relacquer, with the engraving lightly buffed under the lacquer. However, the lacquer is a great coloring and looks the part. Still, the biggest performance issue with a re-lacquered horn is that the toneholes tend to get buffed and become unreliable for pad seal – which we resolved in our overhaul – more on that in a bit…

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 simply looking for a horn that wails! This horn is what we refer to as a “Player’s Horn”. This means that something about it would prevent other buyers from looking at it (a re-lacquer in this case), 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 severe damage in its past, plus the great overhaul we did), but suffice it to say that if you are looking for a great playing, reliable “5-Digit” Mark VI Tenor Sax, then this is a horn you should really pay attention to!

ProShop Overhauled
This horn came with a decent set of pads in it, but the person who installed them didn’t know what they were doing as they didn’t address the toneholes and key fitting. So we wanted this horn to be great, not just good. So a re-overhaul was necessary, and being an Official Selmer Paris ProShop, we had to treat it better than a standard overhaul. Instead, this horn received our premier “ProShop Overhaul” service (an $2,000 job) so that we could offer someone an amazing Mark VI Tenor Sax at a price that was as rockin’ as the horn itself! This overhaul brings the horn to the highest level of mechanical stability and performance. In this overhaul, we seek to maintain the purity of the Selmer Mark VI Tenor Sax performance and combine it with the solidity and response of the finest manufactured saxophones of today. In brief, this job includes:

• Complete Mechanical Refit
• Diamond Tone Hole Leveling
• Top Tier Pad Choice (Pisoni Pro with Nylon Resos on this sax)
• 1 Year Shop Warranty

Full details of this job can be found on our SaxophoneRepairs.com website by clicking here. This job takes over 20 hours to complete and runs about $2,000 to perform on to a Mark VI. This service has already been performed on this Selmer Mark VI Tenor Sax.

Kessler & Sons Music

Official Selmer Paris Pro Shop

Kessler & Sons Music is one of a small number of Official Selmer Paris ProShops in the world. ProShops shops are hand selected based on the technical ability of the shop. We are certified to bring the most out of an Selmer Paris instrument.

Case
This horn is in a used ProTec ProPAC case. We don’t love these cases, but they are functional. We would recommend a modern BAM case, or the Selmer Supreme/Signature series case (also made by BAM) for the horn which you can add to the cart after adding the sax to the cart. We would then ship the horn in the BAM/Selmer case.

Multiple Financing Options Available!

We have a myriad of different financing options available for your new instrument! From affordable monthly payments over a longer period of time to other options that can include 0% Interest or Deferred Interest options, we can help find a way to make the instrument of your dreams become the instrument of your reality! Give us a call!