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My sax
By: dinkleburg Date: March 12, 2019, 4:57 pm
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Well, here he is. My long time buddy, a Selmer Mark VI tenor
saxophone.
And yes, I have always regarded my horn as a male, for whatever
reason. ;D
I bought this horn used in the early 1980's. Likely 1982 or '83,
I can't exactly remember.
I really didn't know what I was buying, but the fellow selling
it seemed like an honest dude to this young farm boy, and he
wanted over a thousand dollars for it, so I figured it must be a
good sax. That's 16 year old thinking in action folks. :P
Turns out that it was a decent horn (what dumb luck!), and it is
one of the few possessions I own which is worth more than I paid
for it. According to the Selmer website it was made in 1973,
which makes it one of the later Mark VI's, and because of this,
it is somewhat less desirable than the ones made in the 50's.
He's got a lotta road rash, some through ignorance/youthful
exuberance and some because he has been to a lot of gigs and
jams over the years. I've blown a lot of beer (and other things)
through this horn over the years. ;D
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This is what many years of using a metal neck strap hook will do
to the neck strap ring. I may have to get someone to look at
this soon.
I'd hate for it to break. :o
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Re: My sax
By: dinkleburg Date: March 12, 2019, 5:22 pm
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Whoops, forgot one. :-[
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Re: My sax
By: AJ Date: March 12, 2019, 6:36 pm
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Way cool and very shiny bright! Thanks for posting the pics Dan!
You've made some sweet music through that beauty!
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Re: My sax
By: guest11 Date: March 13, 2019, 4:32 am
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Saxes are cool in a few ways. Like AJ said, they look all shiny
and bright. And they're fascinating mechanical devices. And, of
course, all the cool sounds they make.
I played some brass instruments back in my school days, never
got into woodwinds. My sister started on clarinet, messed with
the sax a bit, ended up focusing on double-reeds (played oboe
and bassoon in the school orchestra).
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Re: My sax
By: dinkleburg Date: March 13, 2019, 10:01 am
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[quote author=AJ link=topic=350.msg3309#msg3309 date=1552433784]
Way cool and very shiny bright! Thanks for posting the pics Dan!
You've made some sweet music through that beauty!
[/quote]
Unfortunately, my sax isn't near as shiny as it was 30 years
ago.
There are quite a few places where the lacquer has worn away,
and a few spots that are starting to turn green as condensation
and sweat attack the exposed brass. All part of owning a vintage
horn, I'm told.
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Re: My sax
By: dinkleburg Date: March 13, 2019, 10:06 am
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[quote author=Danocoustic link=topic=350.msg3314#msg3314
date=1552469539]
Saxes are cool in a few ways. Like AJ said, they look all shiny
and bright. And they're fascinating mechanical devices. And, of
course, all the cool sounds they make.
I played some brass instruments back in my school days, never
got into woodwinds. My sister started on clarinet, messed with
the sax a bit, ended up focusing on double-reeds (played oboe
and bassoon in the school orchestra).
[/quote]
The mechanical aspect of saxophones have fascinated me since I
picked my first one up at age 12.
Holy shit! I can push a button on the bottom of the horn, and it
opens a pad way up at the top, unless, of course, you happen to
have a certain pad combination held down so that it opens a
different pad way at the top.
Who thinks of this shit? ;D
I played flute and claradildo back in college. I tried a double
reed setup briefly, I think it was an oboe. There isn't enough
patience in the world to allow me to pick up a double reed
instrument again. :P
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Re: My sax
By: AJ Date: March 13, 2019, 8:49 pm
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I played exactly no instruments at all in a Jr. or Sr. high
school setting. I was too busy trying to teach myself how to
play guitar and bass. Oh, and how to scream into a microphone
while wiggling my skinny butt.
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Re: My sax
By: The Dudely Lama Date: July 3, 2019, 10:02 am
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i just saw a selmer paris tenor locally advertised for 4500
clams, usd.
as soon as i figure out how, ill poast the paris alto!
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Re: My sax
By: dinkleburg Date: July 9, 2019, 2:46 pm
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[quote author=The Dudely Lama link=topic=350.msg4041#msg4041
date=1562166176]
i just saw a selmer paris tenor locally advertised for 4500
clams, usd.
as soon as i figure out how, ill poast the paris alto!
[/quote]
I look forward to seeing it. :)
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