ProShop Overhauled!

1964 Selmer Paris Mark VI Tenor Sax – Overhauled

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1964 Selmer Paris Mark VI Tenor Sax
Original Lacquer Body – ProShop Overhauled
Matched Serial Number Neck (no lacquer, patched)

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.

Serial 117,461 – Original Lacquer, No High F#, Overhauled
This particular Mark VI Tenor Sax is serial number 117461 and has original lacquer on its body. The neck (matched serial number) at some point had a pickup installed but was later removed and patched exceptionally well (see photos). The neck has no lacquer remaining on the neck tube. The sax 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. We have completely overhauled the horn, but this is no standard overhaul…

ProShop Overhauled
This horn came to us in need of an overhaul… but 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 (a $1,500.00+ job) so that we could offer someone a horn that BEATS their wildest expectations! In the end, at this price, you are not buying just the horn but the legendary performance associated with it. 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 on this sax, seamless domed metal resos)
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 $1,200+ 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.

A PLAYERS HORN!
This horn obviously spent some time in some sort of coastal region. We unfortunately do not know the full history of the horn. However, we can tell you that this horn does not seem to have been in the hands of a bad tech. There is no evidence of “bad repair” and quite the contrary. All areas where we can see evidence of repair (the neck for example) showed that the technician who worked on this horn in the past was a very skilled tech. During our overhaul process, there were not abnormalities and the overhaul went exceptionally smooth.

While this horn might not be the prettiest, this horn absolutely WAILS. If you ask Chuck Kessler (the owner of the store), this is the best playing tenor on our wall – which considering the number of top tier pro horns we carry, that REALLY says something!!

Case & Accessories
The horn came to us in a destroyed case (not Selmer). So we put it in a very lightly used Yanagisawa 9 Series Case (see photos). This is an excellent fit on the horn and will protect it well. However, we offer various upgrades on this horn including BAM cases (that are MADE for the Mark VI). No mouthpiece is included. However, if there is a mouthpiece you want, check out our various mouthpiece bundles that can save you some cash! Lastly, we include a new HW Padsaver with the horn so that you can keep it clean and in top performance!

Case Options Include:
GL Cases GLE Series Gigging Case -click here to view-
BAM Softpack Black (this is the case Selmer uses for the Reference 54) -click here to view-
BAM Trekking Case Black -click here to view-
BAM Cabine Case Black -click here to view-

Additional Information

Trial/Return Policy

Trial & Return Policy
We know how personal buying a musical instrument can be. Players have an obvious concern with shipping a saxophone from out of state that you haven’t even had a chance to try. Combine that with the large ticket price of this horn and it’s obvious that many customers can become hesitant about pulling the trigger only to lose out to another buyer because they waited too long. Don’t let that be you!

With this amazing Selmer Mark VI Tenor Sax, we know how to pack it safely so that it arrives to you without issue. Once you receive it, you then have 3 days to evaluate the saxophone in the comfort of your own home to make sure that it is the perfect sax for you. To be blunt, if you get this horn, you are not going to send it back. Due to it’s condition and the ProShop Overhaul that we performed, we can guarantee that this is the BEST Mark VI Tenor Sax that you will have ever touched! However, if you are not 100% satisfied with it, you simply let us know within the 3 days and then send it back for a full refund under the terms of our policy (click here for the full policy).