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keilmer
User ID: 9732463 May 7th 4:00 AM
Discussion board of selmer:
http://www.selmer.com/saxophone/discus/index.html
see thread: Selmer news - The Reference Alto more !! (Jan 30th 2002)

"...No new news on the Series III baritone - it's still in the works. Jerome Selmer still conceptually wants to create a Reference soprano (with modern LH palm keys) and a Reference baritone (with a range to low Bb only)."

Cashsax
User ID: 9014973 May 7th 4:40 AM
I've heard the series II is still related to the VI somehow..or is that a myth..?? I'm glad I got it,It's a wonderful horn.

The Martin
User ID: 0631424 May 8th 12:42 AM
I think you mean there where no VII baritones??
They kept on producing VI's until the SA80 arrived.

Cashsax
User ID: 9014973 May 9th 2:10 AM
I once had a LO A VI bari (it was identical to a VI) that had NO MKVI stamped on it anywhere and no engraving either.Wasn't a Super 80 that's for sure.

cycleboykc
User ID: 0247944 May 23rd 5:37 PM
(the thread had fallen silent for many a day...a quiet slumber until SUDDENLY a lurker jars his way in...)

Have to agree with CashSax on the Series II bari...tried a II in silver plate the other day and loved it. Was comparatively bright but also had a FAT sound (actually more volume with my RPC HR mpc than my high-baffled metal Berg; Rico Jazz Select unfiled #3's). I've played (in the past) Yani YBS-991 AND YBS-992, very nice...but thinner sounding to me than the Selmer. Tried a Yamaha YBS-62 which had a wonderful rich sound but the same level of projection (for me, anyway). But there was just that extra "something" in the Selmer. Since bari's cost an arm and a leg, and I'm primaily a tenor player, I just didn't feel like shelling out the dough to get one prior to the Sereis II...the Yani's and Yamaha's were good but not enough.

While I haven't tried a vintage Conn (recently got a Conn 6M that is out of this world) or Mark VI but decided to go ahead and purchase that silver-plated Series-II...what a horn!Surprisingly, it was a couple hundred bucks less than the Yani 992.

keilmer User ID: 9732463	May 7th 4:00 AM Discussion board of selmer: http://www.selmer.com/saxophone/discus/index.html see thread: Selmer news - The Reference Alto more !! (Jan 30th 2002) "...No new news on the Series III baritone - it's still in the works. Jerome Selmer still conceptually wants to create a Reference soprano (with modern LH palm keys) and a Reference baritone (with a range to low Bb only)."
Cashsax User ID: 9014973	May 7th 4:40 AM I've heard the series II is still related to the VI somehow..or is that a myth..?? I'm glad I got it,It's a wonderful horn.
The Martin User ID: 0631424	May 8th 12:42 AM I think you mean there where no VII baritones?? They kept on producing VI's until the SA80 arrived.
Cashsax User ID: 9014973	May 9th 2:10 AM I once had a LO A VI bari (it was identical to a VI) that had NO MKVI stamped on it anywhere and no engraving either.Wasn't a Super 80 that's for sure.
cycleboykc User ID: 0247944	May 23rd 5:37 PM (the thread had fallen silent for many a day...a quiet slumber until SUDDENLY a lurker jars his way in...) Have to agree with CashSax on the Series II bari...tried a II in silver plate the other day and loved it. Was comparatively bright but also had a FAT sound (actually more volume with my RPC HR mpc than my high-baffled metal Berg; Rico Jazz Select unfiled #3's). I've played (in the past) Yani YBS-991 AND YBS-992, very nice...but thinner sounding to me than the Selmer. Tried a Yamaha YBS-62 which had a wonderful rich sound but the same level of projection (for me, anyway). But there was just that extra "something" in the Selmer. Since bari's cost an arm and a leg, and I'm primaily a tenor player, I just didn't feel like shelling out the dough to get one prior to the Sereis II...the Yani's and Yamaha's were good but not enough. While I haven't tried a vintage Conn (recently got a Conn 6M that is out of this world) or Mark VI but decided to go ahead and purchase that silver-plated Series-II...what a horn!Surprisingly, it was a couple hundred bucks less than the Yani 992.