Klarinet Archive - Posting 000586.txt from 1996/09

From: Sherri Hill <sheba@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Selmer Alto Sax Price?
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 12:28:35 -0400

On 24 Sep 96 at 16:18, R Tennenbaum wrote :

> I spotted an alto for sale in a hock shop over the weekend and went in
> asking the price: it was a Selmer (I didn't get a chance to look at
> the model) that looked to be in tip-top shape -- there was a
> mouthpiece & reed on it, and it played quite easily and well --
> especially considering that I hadn't picked up an alto in perhaps
> fifteen years. The guy wants $550 which seems to me a steal -- I
> don't think it's over ten years old, maybe closer to six or less.

It could be an AS 100 or AS 200 which are the intermediate models. Then again
it could be a Bundy.