Saxophones Selmer contact to find out date of manufacture

[Punchysax]

Evening ,
I have just bought my self a beautiful Selmer mk 6 alto plays fantastic and fantastic condition
serial number is 1798xx.

Any ideas of Selmer contact re finding this info.

Regards 👍

 

[PiccoloPirate]

Hope this helps. From the Selmer site.

There's lotsa other stuff out there.

History Notes #10: The Mark VI

In the spring of 1954, March 19, to be exact, a single saxophone was packed up and shipped to Selmer US. This instrument number 53,727, was the first Mark VI to be sent. This number was later used in an advertising campaign which said something to the effect of: if your saxophone has a serial...

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