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I made the deal today and purchased a 10M Tenor
319XXX RTH
I have taken my time deciding if this was the tenor that I wanted. After only one tenor for 25 years this is number six in the past 1.5 years.
I A/B'd this against my Yamaha 62 and decided I liked the vintage sound and feel. The Yammy was a fine tenor that really played well.
Today I went to the shop and played the 10M, a New Ownder and two Mark VI's. The New Wonder was a very lively horn to say the least, One of the Mark VI's was a bit stuffy but the second one (219XXX) was free blowing and spot on. A very nice Jazz sax indeed. After playing this Selmer I brought out the 10M and the deal was sealed in my mind. The 10M, although different, was all the horn the 219XXX Mark VI is.
I plan on playing it for a bit to see if it is my true horn and then I will make the Selmer thumb rest change. Man that thing is painful. I know some will cringe but I could not play an entire gig with the way it is.
The sax as you can see from the images below is quite nice but the case is even nicer. It has had a cover on it from day one. The handle is worn but the case does not have one mark to be found. Very sweet indeed with the original latch keys!
HUTMO
319XXX RTH
I have taken my time deciding if this was the tenor that I wanted. After only one tenor for 25 years this is number six in the past 1.5 years.

I A/B'd this against my Yamaha 62 and decided I liked the vintage sound and feel. The Yammy was a fine tenor that really played well.

Today I went to the shop and played the 10M, a New Ownder and two Mark VI's. The New Wonder was a very lively horn to say the least, One of the Mark VI's was a bit stuffy but the second one (219XXX) was free blowing and spot on. A very nice Jazz sax indeed. After playing this Selmer I brought out the 10M and the deal was sealed in my mind. The 10M, although different, was all the horn the 219XXX Mark VI is.

I plan on playing it for a bit to see if it is my true horn and then I will make the Selmer thumb rest change. Man that thing is painful. I know some will cringe but I could not play an entire gig with the way it is.

The sax as you can see from the images below is quite nice but the case is even nicer. It has had a cover on it from day one. The handle is worn but the case does not have one mark to be found. Very sweet indeed with the original latch keys!
HUTMO


