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  Buescher Aristocrat Alto Saxophone 335466 140

  $ 1,500
• Sold Out

  Buescher Big B Baritone 345xxx Original Lacquer Model 129 Good Deal
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  Buescher Big B Tenor Small Bell Orig. Lacquer Saxophone 293528

  $ 3,350

  This original lacquer Big B tenor with the desirable small bell is getting a full mechanical overhaul right now. When I got it, it had new pads, but the pad work was not that good, so it is getting all that completely redone with all new pads, corks, felts, the works. The keywork is in great condition – nice and tight. Very little play wear at all. It had a bow dent removed, obviously. That is now fixed, and the rest of the horn is quite nice. This will be a fantastic player once the overhaul is done. Already, on current pads, it has a centered, warm tone with excellent response and intonation. These horns work well with a wide range of mouthpieces, and they can do anything from classical to jazz to R&B. Plus, it’s one of the most beautiful vintage Bueschers, with the extensive engraving, and the dark nitrocellulose lacquer. They don’t make them like this anymore.

  Only one available. Buy it now to reserve it, and we can do the overhaul to your specifications. Otherwise, it will be how I like, which is also good.
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  Buescher Top Hat & Cane Alto Saxophone 359118

  $ 1,250
• Sold Out

  Buffet Dynaction Tenor Saxophone 5035 Discounted!

  $ 999
• Sold Out

  Conn 10M Tenor Saxophone 306843 Original Lacquer Pre-War

  Nice original lacquer freshly-overhauled pre-WWII Conn 10M Tenor Saxophone. These are the best of the vintage Conn tenors! The price includes the full, high-end OVERHAUL, which was just completed. An overhaul (people always ask) means that everything that can be changed gets done, and done correctly: all new pads, corks, and felts, professional setup, key fit checked and improved, neck fit checked and improved, full disassembly, cleaning, all new oil, lots of play testing. This horn turned out exceptionally well, and plays really easily and beautifully throughout the range. The tone is medium dark, wide, but with more focus than earlier Conns, and a bigger, wider sonic pallette than any modern saxophone. The palm keys stay full and consistent with the rest of the horn. The low register whispers out at a saturated pianissimo whether subtoning or not. Intonation is excellent, keywork is comfortable. If you’re coming from a modern horn, there’s a couple of weeks’ adjustment period, but then you are back up to full speed playing wise, in most people’s experience. A nice, orignial, overhauled 10M is pretty hard to find, and this one is one of the really good ones. It has only minor past repairs, like a resoldered octave key. Great condition, and plays like a new horn.
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  Conn 12M Transitional Baritone Original Lacquer Excellent Condition Neck Extension – Tunes Great! 267059

  $ 7,900
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  Conn Early 10M Tenor Fresh Overhaul Original Lacquer 269461 BIG Player

  $ 4,250

  This is this kind of Conn 10M tenor saxophone that makes people ditch their Selmers and Yamahas. Keywork is comfortable, intonation is excellent, and the tone is to die for. Wide, dark, but still punchy and with a good amount of focus. Palm key tone is gorgeous and full, not a bit thin. Priced to sell quickly. Only one available.
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  Conn New Wonder II Tenor Saxophone 210xxx Lacquered Needs Overhaul Great Deal!

  $ 1,400
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  Couf Superba 1 Tenor Very Good Cond Original Lacquer ‘Budget SBA tenor’ 83040

  $ 2,950
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  King Full Pearls SilverSonic Alto 303030 Fresh Matt Stohrer Overhaul Original Lacquer Charlie Parker Vintage!

  $ 17,500

  Well, well, well, what have we here? One of my favorite saxophones of all time! This is an extremely rare early King SilverSonic alto with sterling silver bell and ‘full pearls’. I have only seen a few of these altos come up for sale in many years of watching the market fairly closely. There are probably fewer than 100 altos like this in existence, and there are fewer that still have their original lacquer. Charlie Parker famously played King SilverSonic Super 20 alto SN#295173, which sold for an ungodly sum at auction several years ago. This horn’s body serial is 303030, which is the same version as Parker’s, and the neck serial is 295182, which is only 9 serial numbers later than Parker’s, so same small batch of horns. Not sure why the neck serial is different, but maybe because this neck played best. This horn was one owner going way back several decades before I bought it.

  It just got a full overhaul by the best saxophone repairman for Kings that I have experienced, Matt Stohrer. Matt is a friendly and unassuming guy who has a passion for learning and sharing as much as he can about saxophone repair. His attention to all the little, time-consuming details of repair that take a horn from good to great is pretty hard to beat. This horn certainly deserved the best, and it came out great. It feels super great under the fingers – dry and snappy, with light, easy action and great response. The tone is that classic, warm, punchy, projecting, brassy-when-pushed, King alto sound that Parker and Cannonball made, at least for me, the classic jazz alto tone. It sounds like that sound you have in your head that you just can’t quite get on a Selmer or any modern horn:-)

  You get a nice original Silversonic King alto case, as well as a delxe black BAM France Trekking case, both included with the horn. The BAM for safe shipping, and the King just for fun. Hard to beat the Trekking for an all-around alto case, and it fits the King like a glove.

  There’s certainly only one of these available. I’ve had this in my personal collection for years, and just decided to offer it up for sale for the first time. If it doesn’t sell, it goes right back in the collection. If you want an alto that looks gorgeous, has a high likelihood to keep going up in value, plays great, and is not so perfect that you’re afraid to play it, you couldn’t do better than this.
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  King Super 20 Alto 328773 Original Lacquer Plays Great

  $ 4,250
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  King Super 20 Alto Saxophone Full Pearls Series II Orig. Lacquer 339676

  $ 5,650
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  King Super 20 Tenor Saxophone Full Pearls Original Lacquer Near Mint / Exc Cond! 328628

  $ 7,500
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  Martin Handcraft Standard Tenor Saxophone 136740

  $ 899

  Very good condition refinished Martin Handcraft tenor with a recent overhaul. This is on consignment and priced to sell. Beautiful tenor with a big, warm voice. I don’t see any signs of past damage or repairs. The overhaul was done OK. It’s not a top-shelf job but it gets the job done. Includes the original case. This horn is one-owner and was well cared-for. Pair it with a Brilhart Tonalin tenor piece for a beautiful Tex Benake sort of sound.

  From “The Martin Story” website, which is the best source on Martin model specifics, we find this nugget of information, which seems right to me also.

  These horns seem to be a combination of a Handcraft Imperial body (note the Eb vent key, below the low D key) and Handcraft Committee keywork.
  The fact that these horns where produced at the same time as the Handcraft Committee and Committee 2 combined with some cheaper details (fixed right thumbrest, no heartshaped left thumbrest) makes me think these are somewhat watered-down versions of the Imperial.
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  Martin The Martin Tenor Saxophone Original Lacquer Good Condition Needs Pads 163812

  $ 1,500
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  Selmer Adolphe Sax Baritone Rare and Unique

  $ 5,500

  The ultimate collectible baritone – this is a hybrid Selmer Adolphe Sax baritone made in the 1930’s by Selmer Paris using some Selmer parts and some parts from the Adolphe Sax company, bought by Selmer.
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  Selmer Balanced Action Tenor Saxophone from 1939 Original Lacquer American Engraved 27589

  $ 10,500

  Whoever gets this horn is one lucky saxophonist. One of the best vintage Selmers to come through the shop this year, which is actually saying a lot. Maybe the best. This plays easily as well as my personal BA tenor, which was made the same year. This horn had some past repairs done as you can see: bell flare has a couple of dents that were removed, and the neck was pulled down. Some small dents were removed from the back of the body tube, and some lacquer is missing from where the bell/bow ring was soldered. The horn is now straight and feels new under the fingers. The bell flare is nice, the neck is correct, and the dents are removed from the back of the body. Even the lacquer burn on the bell ring is mostly gone and the brass aged to match the lacquer color.

  The overhaul on this horn is top notch. You’re not going to find a better setup on a Balanced Action or Super Balanced Action tenor. It is light but snappy and ‘dry’ under the fingers. Response is instant. The horn resonates like crazy under the fingers. The tone is rich and velvety, medium dark, but with a brighter edge when pushed. Resonators are the nice hand-machined TenorMadness slightly domed brass reusable ones, that are incidentally also  authentic for vintage Selmer.

  I’m including a BAM Cabine tenor case with this to keep it safe in shipping and gigging. This is one of those horns you DON’T ever sell, and that you don’t want to put down. It’s the sort of saxophone you don’t let your saxophone-playing friends play, in order to protect them from a lifetime of envy. Not kidding.

   
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  Selmer Mark VI Alto from 1974 Original Lacquer Saxophone 221653

  $ 4,250
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  Selmer Mark VI Alto Original Lacquer American Engraved 233486

  $ 5,750
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  Selmer Mark VI Alto Saxophone 160941 Beautiful Condition Original Lacquer Great Vintage!

  $ 6,950
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  Selmer Mark VI Alto Saxophone 71815 the Best!

  $ 8,000
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  Selmer Mark VI Alto Saxophone from 1967 Exceptional Player 144k

  $ 7,950

  Best playing Selmer alto sax on the site right now. It has that extra special something that only the 140-145k altos have. Super projection, crisp but still warm tone, even scale with fuller palm keys than usual. GREAT, world-class alto saxophone. It’s worn original lacquer, and I like the strap hook mod to make the horn balance slightly better. If you want one of the better playing altos in the world, get this. It’s priced very low for what you get.
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  Selmer Mark VI Soprano from 1971 Excellent Original Lacquer 189112

  $ 5,250
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  Selmer Mark VI Soprano Saxophone 276162 Original Lacquer Excellent Condition

  $ 4,500
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  Selmer Mark VI Tenor 195260 Original Lacquer American-Engraved Plays Well

  $ 5,950
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  Selmer Mark VI Tenor 205xxx from 1972 Original

  $ 5,750
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  Selmer Mark VI Tenor from 1973 Saxophone Original Lacquer 209931

  $ 6,350

  Nice VI tenor, original lacquer, American-engraved, just completely overhauled and ready to go. Great deal!
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  Selmer Padless Tenor Original Lacquer Beautiful #29008

  $ 3,650

  Here’s a horn that should be part of any serious saxophone collection. It’s a Balanced-Action-Era Selmer Padless tenor saxophone, built in collaboration between Selmer Elkhart and Buescher, in the late 1930’s. This might be the nicest one in the world, with no damage, no past repairs, original lacquer, gorgeous engraving. Priced to sell!
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  Selmer SBA Alto Saxophone 47843

  $ 7,200
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  Selmer Super Sax Tenor Saxophone 17672 Original Overhauled Mods

  $ 7,500
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  Tenor Madness Custom 500SL Tenor Saxophone – New Lacquered

  $ 4,295
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  Yamaha / Ishimori Woodstone 82ZWS 2 Custom Necks Alto Saxophone D76004
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  Yanagisawa S6 Soprano Good Condition
• Sold Out

  Yanagisawa S6 Soprano Saxophone Mark VI on a Budget!

  The Yanagisawa S6 soprano is a professionally-built Selmer Mark VI style soprano that feels, sounds, and plays the same as a Mark VI soprano, if not better. Get it now for a low price.