[b52murph]

Does anybody know what the last serial number for a Mark VI tenor really is?

According to the serial number charts, my Mark VI tenor (#232,940) is really a Mark VII; yet it's not set up at all like a Mark VII...it has Mark VI etching, no high F# key, rounded (as opposed to squared off) low C key, round (as opposed to ovular) G# key, etc.

I also don't believe that Emilio Lyons would have mistakenly sold me a Mark VII with Mark VI markings in 1989, when I bought it.

Do I have a one-off, or a custom-made-after-the-production line horn? How come the serial number charts show the Mark VI Alto/Tenor cutoff @ 231,000; yet my horn is a Mark VI 1,940 units later....?

 

[sopranosaxman]

They produced VI's for a few years into the VII run because they had a lot of the parts still left. If it's marked as a Mk.VI its a Mk.VI.

 

[jmm1713]

Does anybody know what the last serial number for a Mark VI tenor really is?

According to the serial number charts, my Mark VI tenor (#232,940) is really a Mark VII; yet it's not set up at all like a Mark VII...it has Mark VI etching, no high F# key, rounded (as opposed to squared off) low C key, round (as opposed to ovular) G# key, etc.

I also don't believe that Emilio Lyons would have mistakenly sold me a Mark VII with Mark VI markings in 1989, when I bought it.

Do I have a one-off, or a custom-made-after-the-production line horn? How come the serial number charts show the Mark VI Alto/Tenor cutoff @ 231,000; yet my horn is a Mark VI 1,940 units later....?

I've seen plenty of 240,xxx mark vi's and I have a friend who has a 241,xxx mark vi tenor .

 

[Dr_sax]

They produced VI's for a few years into the VII run because they had a lot of the parts still left. If it's marked as a Mk.VI its a Mk.VI.

Right!
I also have a late MK VI as a backup. Great player.

 

[Mike F]

I have a beaten up, very worn, very played 238XXX MKV1 tenor that plays as well or better than any MKV1 tenor I've played (and I've played quite a number of good '5 digit' ones)
Personally, I think that the late MKV1's are very overlooked. Remember that MKV1's were continually developed throughout the run. A well know London pro once said to me that by the time Selmer stopped making MKV1's, they had just about got it right!