#N294322 pre owned
Selmer Mark VII Professional Alto Saxophone, Classic 70s Beauty with Original Mouthpiece (Selmer D) and Hard Carrying Case Included - it shows the usual signs of use and age, however, it has had limited playing due to being stored for many years. It is fully serviced by our in-house technician.
This instrument is from 1979.
Designed by Michel Nouaux and Frederick Hemke under the direction of Jean Selmer, these saxophones have been played by greats such as John Coltrane, Kenny G, and Sonny Rollins.
Transition between the Mark VI and the Super Action 80, the Mark VII was marketed for 4 years. It offers a powerful sound, particularly rich in high harmonics, corresponding to the needs of the time and the advent of rock and pop music.
The first prototypes of the Mark VII started appearing around 195,000 Mark in 1972 a full three years before production there were further small test batches of production at 205, 212, 206, 219 these would be little runs of 10, 20, 30 instruments that would have been done for a variety of reasons: testing out production, testing out new tooling, whatever. Most of these instruments were not sold until the production so they would be held at the factory for several years but what happened at altos 231,000 was a fairly lengthy test run went on over 100 instruments and then further ones at 232, 236 but these were all test runs that were held back.
The actual full production launch of the Mark VII happens roughly around the 240,000. In total there were about 1000 Mark VII Alto and tenors built before the full rollout of the Mark VII production, only about 15 examples of these 1000 instruments were sold prior to 1975, so while lots of people see earlier examples they weren't sold years earlier they were only built and then marketed once the rollout happened. For the Altos, full production was up and running by about 241 and it ran to about 317,000. For total production of about 35,000 Mark VII Altos.
Please note: this instrument is being sold for a third party
