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Selmer Super Balanced Action Tenor 53xxx Near Mint

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    On this website, we specialize in finding and selling the best and rarest saxophones available anywhere. At present, we have some SBA tenors that are nicer than you normally see almost anywhere. This one is one of the nicest. It is in near mint condition with only a small amount of lacquer wear. This horn has it all: American engraving, no resolders, almost all of the original lacquer intact, original case, original neck, the works. Check out the pictures for the specifics of how nice it is.

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      On this website, we specialize in finding and selling the best and rarest saxophones available anywhere. At present, we have some SBA tenors that are nicer than you normally see almost anywhere. This one is one of the nicest. It is in near mint condition with only a small amount of lacquer wear. This horn has it all: American engraving, no resolders, almost all of the original lacquer intact, original case, original neck, the works. Check out the pictures for the specifics of how nice it is. The only past repair was that the post where the octave key attaches had to be carefully pushed back out a little bit. You can see the evidence of this as a bit of lacquer wear on the neck around the octave key saddle. The neck has not been pulled down, and it plays REALLY well (this is a GREAT neck).

      When I picked up this horn to play it on its all original pads (with original tone-x resonators intact as well), I did not expect it to play very well. Man, was I surprised, when out came a huuuge, lush, woody, dark, smoky, powerful classic Selmer SBA tone that was just effortless! Seriously, it was a moving experience to see how great the Selmer (Elkhart) techs were who assembled these horns and set them up. The factory setup was just awesome (and I am coming to understand just how important the small details setup can be to how the horn in fact plays in the end). No wonder that these horns took over the pro saxophone market. This horn is GREAT!

      It is sold as-is on the original pads for now, so plan on getting it overhauled by your favorite tech. Or if you want me to oversee this horn’s getting overhauled by one of my favorite techs, I would be happy to do that as well. This is one I am sorely tempted to keep. It comes in a near mint original orange leather Chesterfield case with a good, working latches intact, and a beautiful interior as well. Whoever gets this horn is going to be a lucky owner of a superb and highly collectible tenor that is one of the better tenor saxophones ever made.

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