Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2005-10-21 23:56
OH, MAN.
Selmer Mk VIs.
I used to teach sax, and my boss let me use his MK VI tenor and alto with my students --an occasionally to play when I sat in for him at a gig. Those (1961) instruments were so perfect that they allowed me to play music instead of "saxophone."
If your fingers got to the keys, correctly, the Mk VIs played the notes. They were wonderful. Harlem Nocturne? Try to play it on one of those horns AND NOT CRY over the sweet, sweet sound. Rudy Weidoft's Saxophobia? Play it again, faster!
My fresh Muncy-reincarnated Buffet full Boehm reminds me of those great saxes; it plays that well.
Its sad to now have to worry that an eBay '70s MK VI might not be as virtuous as "my" 1960 horns.
Bob Phillips
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