Saxophones Selmer Mk 6

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Luckily, I paid around $700 for mine 50 years ago. There's no way I would pay $6k-10k for any horn, much less a VI. I think the prices today are insane.

Your mention of cost then reminds me of my Yamaha YAS-61 alto purchased on a special clearance at half off - about $240, about the same time. This is quite a difference to what one will shell out today for a Yamaha pro alto, not to mention for a top Selmer.

Others in this forum have mentioned various "underdog" saxes that do well at a far less cost than the top saxes "insanely" command these days. Thus the various Café discussion threads have been helpful to others unwilling or unable to expend such finances, to find suitable lower cost alternatives that still do the job well.