FOUND selmer mk VI alto neck - silverplate

[peterpick]

Price of Item

£300

hello my dears, does anyone have such a thing as a selmer mark VI alto neck with no selmer mk VI alto attached? i ask because i have a selmer (etc) which came with an sba or similar neck - sounds lovely but other potential buyers might object should i come to sell it. it should be silverplate. i will pay for it in money.... about £300, i reckon.

best

peter

 

[rhysonsax]

Hi Peter,

I tried to send you a message but it says you have reached your quota limit.

Rhys

 

[peterpick]

thanks rhys, it should be possible now, i found out how to delete them.

 

[jbtsax]

Good luck with finding one. When I bought "my Mark VI dumpster sax" it didn't come with a neck. I eventually found one for $400 that someone had engraved their name on the side. It was in pretty rough shape.

 

[peterpick]

oh ho! yes, that's nasty. but better than no neck at all....

 

[jbtsax]

oh ho! yes, that's nasty. but better than no neck at all....

I agree. The picture below shows how it turned out after a great deal of work. Anything is possible. It just takes time and effort.

 

[peterpick]

yes, that's lovely, you'd never know....

 

[Pete Thomas]

It won't cost much to have a neck silver plated, I'd ask for any neck.

Also, as an SBA neck is quite sought after you possible do a trade.

Best of luck though, as I don't think there are that many MKVI necks hanging around.

 

[peterpick]

thanks pete, i hadn't thought of getting one plated. i have seen SBA tenor necks for sale at huge prices, but not alto necks. i cannot definitely vouch for it being an SBA neck, it's the same as the one on my 'new wide bore', which is considerably older. mind you, it's the same neck.

 

[kevgermany]

I agree. The picture below shows how it turned out after a great deal of work. Anything is possible. It just takes time and effort.

View attachment 11076

Nice, but that's the good side. Did the bad side come up as well, or are you hiding something?

 

[jbtsax]

Nice, but that's the good side. Did the bad side come up as well, or are you hiding something?

Nah. The other side still looks the same. ;

 

[peterpick]

well, I will take any coloured neck (even blue) and give more money. has anyone noticed how absurdly expensive selmer mk VIs are?
I expect you have. I have an offer for my sax as is at £3000.

 

[AndyWhiteford]

Paul Maslin - PM Woodwind Repair: Saxophone Repair,Used Saxophones,Selmer,Mark VI,Paul Maslin,Conn,Alto Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone,Instruments,Soprano Saxophone,Bari Saxophone - might be my first stop, internationally, for rare necks.
Dawkes - https://www.dawkes.co.uk/- were selling n.o.s. Selmer Mk6 alto necks until quite recently , might be worth a call/email

 

[peterpick]

thanks andy, i'll have a look, that's very kind of you.

 

[AndyWhiteford]

p.s. I see Thomann www.thomann.de have a Selmer Series III silver plated alto neck for £318 - that's pretty close to Mk6, ( ref54 may be closer)

 

[peterpick]

between you and me I bought it a solid silver neck that was used on a ref 54 - it's a bit loose but I have wrapped it with ptfe plumber's tape and it sounds gorgeous. i'd still like a mk VI neck for it though, because people are fussy about these things. so I don't think i'll buy anything else now other than a mk VI original. damn thing played fine anyway with the sba neck on it.

 

[stitch]

I think I may have what you're looking for ...
As a new member I'm unable to start a private conversation, but perhaps you can with me?

 

[stitch]

 

[stitch]

I got it a few years ago in a mixed load of woodwind gubbins. I think I identified it as MkVI from saxpics and the like, but apart from that I can't say for sure. Perhaps those more knowledgeable could be definitive.

 

[peterpick]

that looks like the very thing. I will pay you money for it. how much do you think you want?