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How about this used Selmer that might still be available locally here in Colorado Springs: http://cosprings.craigslist.org/msg/3621343677.html

Edited - put in wrong link to begin with.




Looks pretty good. The USA Selmers are not as good as the French ones, and are definitely high end student horns. From what I've read I think they are pretty equivalent to the Mac and Barone horns - but I have no first hand experience with them.

I wouldn't buy one off Craigslist without having someone look at it.

I was loaned a Selmer/Bundy once when my Couf was getting relacquered, and it was too thin and light for my tastes, gave it a weak tone. But since the sax tech loaned it to me while he overhauled my Couf, I'm not complaining.

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For Mac and others,

I'm also contacting Kurt at Rondo Music to see if there is an SX/Agile equivalent brand in the saxophone world. He doesn't have much of anything in stock right now.




I think the Mac and Baronne saxes are the equivalent. They are made in Taiwan and sold directly from the importer, no distributor(s) in the middle to take a cut.

Saxes are by the nature of the beast, more expensive than guitars. Brass is more expensive than wood and I think there are about 800 separate parts in a saxophone. Plus they are more difficult to maintain, unlike a guitar, most people can't do a lot themselves. On the other hand, reeds are less expensive than strings.

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