by admin | Mar 27, 2019 | Articles, Blog, Uncategorized |
The following chart shows how rare each Selmer saxophone is. This is brand new information that has never been available before. It is thanks to friend of GetASax, Douglas Pipher’s painstaking work digitizing the handwritten Selmer archives that have not been...
by admin | Jul 20, 2017 | Articles, Blog, Uncategorized |
When was your Selmer Paris Saxophone made? This is the most accurate Selmer Serial Number Chart on the internet! Friend of GetASax.com Douglas Pipher has been given unprecedented access to the Selmer Paris archives, and after thousands of hours of research has...
by admin | Jun 18, 2016 | Articles, Blog, Uncategorized |
This is a detailed guide covering how to pack a saxophone for shipping. I will also discuss shipping and insurance options at the end. I am including lots of photos, so that people who are not familiar with saxophones at all can still figure out exactly how to do a...
by admin | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized |
In the case of saxophone finishes, not all that glitters is gold. Buyers and sellers often mistake lacquer for gold plate, but Perma-gold looks even more like gold. Perma-what? It’s a dichromate mineral-based coating that typically goes over a metal like zinc,...
by admin | Jun 15, 2016 | Articles, Blog, Uncategorized |
In the previous post, we looked at how to identify whether your Mark VI was assembled and engraved in the European market, or assembled and engraved for the American market. We also looked at what typical examples of original lacquer, American-assembled Mark...
by admin | Jun 14, 2016 | Articles, Blog, Uncategorized |
This is part 1. Check out part 2 here. *Note: The gallery at the very bottom of this post is a slide show with subtitles, so click it to watch it (read captions) and get most of the information from this post! You only get the subtitles on desktop format or...
