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In Reply to: RE: AND, they float... Yo-Yo Ma is in some posted by oldmkvi on March 25, 2015 at 14:57:31
Remember the incident where a flood in LA washed Strad out to sea? It was found on the beak weeks later unharmed and apparently played fine once carefully dried out.
Incidentally I was told Selmer was going rebuild the Mk VI's again. Have you heard anything about these new models.
Someone else told me it would be hard to replace all the brass they got from WWI artillery shells....
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I don't know any professional saxophone players who like Selmer's newer models. All my saxophones (4 of 'em) are MK.VI's and all have wildly appreciated in value, whereas the newer ones depreciate as you're walking outta the store.
I've heard the brass rap before. Can it be so hard to get good quality brass?
Is that lead is prohibited in modern manufacturing.
IMO more than materials is the hand-made aspect. Modern horns are "perfect", which is an entirely different aesthetic. Modern horns (speaking of trumpets now) that are hand-made come closest to old horns IMO, though even then the valve block is CNC'd or something and while closer, it's not the same.
Dave
I'm not really sure how the hell old MK.VI's were made. But I know even though every VI is different, there are some similarities at certain serial number groups. Have no idea if that correlates with when particular artisans were working at Selmer.
Hmm, maybe my alto should be thought of as a Pierre instead of a 147,000.
Thought only the joints were lead soldered.Heard a new Yamaha trumpet custom built with lead solder, sounded different from the factory stock model.
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...an noticeable, maybe very obvious impact on sound. Lead free solder is harder and more brittle...very different mechanical properties, with far-reaching consequences for everyone who uses solder.
dh
There are people who have done spectral analysis of equipment from back then, much of it has lead in the brass.
Dave
Not hard to find: just more expensive. Supposedly the demand of the mk VI has never diminished so Selmer was considering remanufacturing them...Not being a sax player I was curious if they ever did.
Even for Yamaha the difference is often the thickness of the metal for their instruments. They have scientifically made the instruments very good and very easy to play but some of their models (read custom made for their sponsored artists) have more mass compared to the over the counter models. If your sponsored its amazing what the factory can do
Of Mark VI and Super Balanced, though those I know that have tried them say they aren't very similar to the originals. I know a couple of guys that play them, not that many that stay on them.
Dave
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