[Watsonp143]

When did Selmer stop making Mark VI sopranos? Does anyone know the last serial numbers of this model?

 

[Seasax]

they carried on making VI sops well into the eighties,

just a minor niggle, please don't post a question twice, you will get no more, if not less responses like that than if you jut post it once.

 

[Watsonp143]

Sorry. I wasn't sure which thread was the most appropriate for my question.

 

[Chicken 'Lil]

Watsonp,
They stopped making them in 1981. My understanding is that the first SA80's were VI bodies but I have no way to know if that's true or just myth.
Hope all's well with you.

 

[sonnyseals]

I was studying with long time Selmer endorser Joe Viola in, I believe, late 1983 when he received an early S80 soprano. I'm pretty sure this was a very early S80 as Joe would evaluate horns for Selmer from time to time.
BTW, Joe was very positive about the new Selmer Soprano at that time.

 

[Dr G]

Watsonp,
They stopped making them in 1981.

They stopped making good ones a little bit before that time.

 

[daigle65]

They stopped making good ones a little bit before that time.

My Mark VI sop is a 238 xxx, circa 1975 according to the lists I've seen. Is it considered a "good" one?

 

[A Greene]

My Mark VI sop is a 238 xxx, circa 1975 according to the lists I've seen. Is it considered a "good" one?

I understand the 1975 VI sopranos were defective and worth only a couple hundred dollars. Basically used to practice repairs. I'm feeling generous - I'll take it off you hands for $500.

 

[BlueTrane2028]

$550!

 

[tranesonic]

This seems like a good opportunity to throw this particular spanner into the works... it's generally believed that Selmer made the Mk VI soprano right up until the S80 came out, but... I was at a friend's a few weeks ago, he's a player and a dealer, and he showed me a Mk VII soprano, I couldn't tell you the serial number, but it was definitely engraved "Mk VII" And he'd never seen one before. Anyone else ever seen one?

 

[sopranosaxman]

I have a mk.VI soprano and the serial number on it is 333xxx its the lastest one I have seen.

 

[daigle65]

I understand the 1975 VI sopranos were defective and worth only a couple hundred dollars. Basically used to practice repairs. I'm feeling generous - I'll take it off you hands for $500.

Nooooo way!!! I'm not falling for that again, after 5 times I learned my lesson

 

[daigle65]

....... he showed me a Mk VII soprano, I couldn't tell you the serial number, but it was definitely engraved "Mk VII" And he'd never seen one before. Anyone else ever seen one?

That's very very odd :? Is it possible it was engraved after leaving the Selmer shop?

 

[tranesonic]

That's very very odd :? Is it possible it was engraved after leaving the Selmer shop?

I say engraved but of course I mean stamped, but no, I'd say it was definitely a factory marking.