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Recorders, Classroom & Plastic InstrumentsДЇor the fifth and last time, Henri Selmer Paris introduces the Selmer Reference 54 Collector Edition Dragonbird Tenor Saxophone of the Dragonbird/Asia series, an instrument from the 'Tribute to Bird' collection.

рџ‰ Like I said, they are the closest thing IвЂ™ve played to a good VI. If I did, or if I wasВ suffering from GAS, yes IвЂ™d probably go out and вЂњget me some of them new hornsвЂќ. But then I donвЂ™t have any dogs among my VIs.

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Would I trade in my Mark VIs for all new Reference Series horns? No. Not to mention the large inventory of saxes that we keep on hand for immediate sale as well as for customers to come in and try out. We also are able to obtain hard to find models quicker and easier then your typical dealer.

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Selmer Paris Pro Shop dealers have access to models that may not be available to all dealers and we have first priority on new products and selection from Selmer. Standard, we include a 1 Year pads & adjustments warranty with every horn. This is what they say about the meaning of this term:ДЄs a Selmer Paris Pro Shop dealer, we go over every single sax in our shop prior to selling it to our customers so that you can be assured that it is absolutely perfect. Kessler & Sons Music is what is called a вЂњPro Shop dealerвЂќ. However, this speaks to the fact that they stand behind the horns they sell.) With Kessler, you not only get the original 5 year Selmer warranty (that you donвЂ™t get, if you donвЂ™t buy from an authorized dealer), but you also get KesslerвЂ™s own 1 year warranty on pads & adjustments.В (IвЂ™m not sure how that wouldВ be useful if you livedВ any distance fromВ Las Vegas. From the checking around IвЂ™ve done, and from what Jim hasВ found out through personal experience, Kessler & SonsВ Music in Las Vegas, is a very good and reputable place to buy from if youвЂ™re willing to buy on line. But I know that if I were in the market for a new Selmer, IвЂ™d be contacting an authorized Selmer dealer, and talking with them at length about the original warranty, any additional warranty they might offer,В & their return policies.Д«uying online is another option, but especially then, you really have to do your homework. I obviously canвЂ™t speak to the consistency of all Selmer Reference hornsВ since I only got to play 2 that the Glass family owns.

If weвЂ™re serious, and I mean serious, about buying a new horn, we need to do ourВ homework up front buy from a reputable store with a good inventory and with a techВ who we trust who can set the horns up before we tryВ them out.

We shouldnвЂ™t just be satisfied with something mediocre when weвЂ™re dropping thousands of dollars down on a saxophone. The key point here is that Jim is fussy about who works on his horns, and who he buys his horns from. The other new Selmers that IвЂ™ve played have belonged to my students.В In the case of those horns,В I donвЂ™t know if they were checked prior to purchase, & if so by whom. Some of the new Selmers that IвЂ™ve had the chance to play have been at music stores, & had obviously not been checked by the techs recently, or perhaps at all, before they were put in the display cabinets. (And Selmers are just as, if not arguably more prone to this, than some of the other pro horn makes out there.)

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ItвЂ™s been said before on countless threads on sax discussion boards, but it bears repeating, a new horn needsВ to set up by a good tech (who knows how to work on pro horns) at a shop before a customer takes delivery of it. Now that IвЂ™ve had the opportunity toВ work withВ it, I would have to say that if something was to ever happen to my VI, and I would have to replace it, I would certainly be openВ to a 36.

The only thing that IвЂ™ve found that might beat it, is the Reference 36 I had the chance to play. I do find the key action a bit tight, but then it is still new, and mineВ has been specially set up for me.В But itвЂ™s really the closest thing IвЂ™ve come to playing that is anything like a good Mark VI. SuzyвЂ™s 54 Kookaburra tenor (pics in this post) is every bit the horn my VI is. Then I played Jim and SuzyвЂ™s Reference horns a couple of weeks agoвЂ¦My mindВ has been changed. I had played a fair number ofВ new Selmers in the last few years, and they were OK, but nothing special. I must admit, I went into this adventure of playing the new Selmer Reference Series tenors with a pretty much made up mind.