1952 Alto Saxophone SELMER Super (Balanced) Action, US-Version, 48xxx

Pure Sound: clear, explicit, straight-ahead!

This Super (Balanced) Action Alto Saxophone was made in the first workweek of January 1952 and shipped unlacquered in single parts to the SELMER factory in Elkhart USA where it was then engraved and lacquered.
The original lacquer is no longer on hand because it was stripped before we acquired it. Maybe this is why the sound of this lovely horn is so straight-ahead: owing to the absence of lacquer, there is no longer any surface tension to affect the tone.
Be that as it may, this Alto not only sounds beautiful, it is also in-tune and easy to play – it just received a fresh overhaul.
And it even still looks great: pure brass…
pure sonority…