To most players is would appear that this Selmer VI is well played and has a partially naked patina. The horn appears to have never suffered any major damage, the body is straight, the bell flair shows no signs of damage and the neck has not been pinched. The engraving is still crisp and sharp, the tone holes show no damage or wear occurred during the refinishing, and are actually in excellent condition.
We carefully inspected the instrument and we feel that it was "respectfully" refinished.
This tenor was refinished most likely in the 60's with cellulose lacquer, similar to the original Selmer lacquer. Including transferring the original Selmer metal domed screw-in pad resonators into high quality water proof pads, this is rare considering it's age, as so many original resonators were discarded in previous re-paddings. Selmer Mark VI Tenor- Late 1954- 1st year of production- Serial # 56184, (matching serial # on neck.) We completely re-padded and mechanically overhauled this sax in our shop.
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