[bAri_]

I picked up this sax as a backup for school and I'm just now realizing that I havent gotten the make or model for it. Its a selmer, and the Model number is seven digits long. 1031062. Is it a student model?

 

[StanleySaxMan]

Do you have a picture of it?

 

[bAri_]

Yes,

Two of the same picture appear in my edit, dont know why but those are the model number and proof its a selmer.

Looks like a cigar cutter but it looks like a "watered down" version of such

 

[J-Moen]

Yes,

Two of the same picture appear in my edit, dont know why but those are the model number and proof its a selmer.

Looks like a cigar cutter but it looks like a "watered down" version of such

Selmer USA is very different than the French Selmers such as the Cigar Cutter. This is most likely a student horn, and a modern one. Maybe an AS500

 

[greatlakeswinds]

Yes,

Two of the same picture appear in my edit, dont know why but those are the model number and proof its a selmer.

Looks like a cigar cutter but it looks like a "watered down" version of such

Definitely NOT a Cigar Cutter, or any other Selmer Paris model. It is difficult to see features in your pics which might help to identify it more easily. FYI, the number you reference is the serial number, not a model number, but it is a Selmer USA serial number, so looking it up on a chart for Selmer Paris numbers will just give you incorrect info. Is this a baritone sax? It's hard to even tell that much from the pics...

 

[bAri_]

Yes, it is a Baritone Saxophone.

 

[bAri_]

Can i get a link to a serial number identification website?

 

[Reet McVouty]

It's a modern Conn-Selmer most likely made in Taiwan. Here's some info. https://www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/instruments/band-instruments/saxophones/bs500

 

[1saxman]

The Selmer USA baritone sax was the Buescher pattern and was also sold as Buescher, maybe Bundy too. They have a big bell and thunderous low notes. The low A will curdle milk at 50 paces.

 

[milandro]

I too think this is a Buescher Bundy made with the Selmer USA logo, someone else also came with something like this in another thread

 

[B Flat]

Yes,

Two of the same picture appear in my edit, dont know why but those are the model number and proof its a selmer.

Looks like a cigar cutter but it looks like a "watered down" version of such

Looks absolutely nothing like a cigar cutter.
Looks like a Bundy.

 

[milandro]

Don't delude yourself, there is nothing of a cigar cutter in this saxophone , not even a single spring.

this is what the whole thing should look like ( Selmer USA 156A) the bell to body brace is typical and slightly different in the BUNDY version this is a late '70 early '80 horn, made for and used by students,

 

[JayeLID]

It's a modern Conn-Selmer most likely made in Taiwan. Here's some info. https://www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/instruments/band-instruments/saxophones/bs500

Look closely.... it is not.

First pic (OP's 'attached images" pic) you can see pinky table, it is the Bundy-style, old-school pinky table. You can also see "Selmer USA"

This is a horn from perhaps the 1970's, maybe early 80's at newest; a Selmer USA Baritone sax. Made in USA. It's a vintage-style horn. As Milandro and Bflat both note. Essentially the same horn as a Bundy, or a late Buescher 400.

"Student" horn ? No-Yes. Depends. By the yardstick of its design and quality of build (and tone), no more a 'student' horn than a 12M is a student horn, really...

Although, yes...most of these back in the day were sold to schools and were typical band-room occupants....

Great bigass tone, good intonation. Blowing response is pretty good. The pinky table is somewhat stiff and clunky, however, not exactly fluid. But no worse than many vintage bighorns in that category.

Market value of a playable one around $1100-1600, depending on physical condition.

 

[1saxman]

They really have a tremendous low end, especially the low A model. Look at the size of the bell, and its not just the flare. Of course its not a one-piece low A bell like a Martin or Selmer but it sure gets the job done.

 

[Stocker]

It's a Selmer 156... technically an intermediate model as marketed, but little changed from the 1960s Buescher it descended from.

Selmer USA sax serial numbers aren't well-documented in this era but I'd put yours at around 1987-88.