Sax FS Selmer MkVII Low A Baritone Sax For Sale

Price of Item

£6150

Other Pricing Info

May consider close offers

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Cash or Bank Transfer

Your Location

Near Lutterworth, Leics.

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No

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No

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5%

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The "Mythical" Selmer baritone...


"For a lucky few collectors and musicians, if you find one, play it and play it with pride and get to say you have one of only 50."
...Douglas Pipher, Selmer archive expert.

View: https://youtu.be/B00OgJ9g9eM?t=160


See: History Notes #11: The Mark VII


It is with a sad heart (and a bad back) that this one has to go. I've been playing it less and less as my back gives me more and more twinges (fell off a ladder some years ago).
In any case I'm primarily an alto 'home' player and this should be out in the wild, performing gigs for someone who'd like a special instrument.
Neither my wife, my dogs, nor my neighbours much care for the sound I produce. How dare they I say... it sounds lovely!

FULL PHOTO ALBUM HERE: Selmer MkVII Bari For Sale


Douglas also emailed me a few years back with the following info:

NB. Original email available to buyer.


It has no lower body serial number or copyright markings, but it does have its serial number, 319063, on the body to bell brace.

If you're interested please contact me and I'll talk you through what I know of its past. It is, as far as I know, identical to a MkVI apart from the model number markings.

Serviced a few years back by Matt at Sheward-MIR (see invoice in photos) it's playing beautifully with an addictive tone.
You won't want to put it down!... unless or until you too have a bad back!

Comes in a BAM High-tech case (RRP c£750) with an HR Yanagisawa 7 mouthpiece, ligature, cap, and a few Rico reeds (which have worked perfectly fine for me).

Who do you know who has one of these?

NB. May be advertised elsewhere and may sell without notice.

 

[Trigger]

Any interest in partial trades ?

 

[DavidUK]

Hi Trigger, I'm guessing you now have MkVI sop, alto, tenor...?
Tempting eh? It's both a MkVI and a very rare horn all rolled into one.

What were you thinking of trading?

I might take five grand and a Silversonic alto?

 

[Trigger]

🤣🤣 silver sonic still on my list wish I never let my Yani B901 go . was thinking of letting my 1970 Mkvi tenor go plus some cash

 

[DavidUK]

Not really after any more Selmer horns. Why not sell it and put the proceeds toward mine?

 

[Targa]

£6500 - what's that - about 10 times what you paid for it?
Not a bad mark up.

 

[DavidUK]

15 times roughly, including the repairs.
What's your point?

 

[DavidUK]

Still for sale...

 

[DavidUK]

Reduced from £6,500 to £6,150.