[twocoloreyes]

just recently got a super tenor in trade, but im not sure if it really is a super or not. the owner thought it was a cigar cutter but the serial is too early. the serial is 131xx. ill post some pictures. it plays great regardless.

 

[twocoloreyes]

more pics

 

[wilsaxo]

Wow, thanks for the pix! I love the simplicity of the keys and their closeness to the body of the horn. No dumb-*** high f# key posts sticking out and other nonsense like the modern horns. I also love how the feet of the guards are forged from the rod stock that the guards are made from.

Can't help you with the model at the moment, but we are definitely talking early for Selmer. Play her proudly and enjoy!

Cheers,
David

 

[Woosax]

If the octave mechanism doesn't look like a cigar cutter, it's not a "Cigar Cutter". Yours is not. BTW, there are very few tenor Cigar Cutters out there (compared to altos).

 

[ekdowlin]

It's a Largebore. I had an alto like this, serial 12XXX. It's between the Super models and the Cigar Cutter. Here's a pic of my alto.

 

[beezer]

Yep, NLB. Mine was 13079. Wonderfull horn. Wish I still had it!
Dave

 

[AMASAX]

Yes, Largebore. The easiest way to tell is the receiver at top of body for the neck to fit in is the old, non-reinforced style. Very prone to cracking, so Selmer beefed it up a bit later, to the current design. Other tidbits, too, but serial that late and the neck thing are a dead give away.

Not much diff in tone between the Largebore and the earliest Supers. Later in the Super run, the bore tightened up some and the tone is a bit edgier, working into what became the 'BA sound'.

Nice horns, but with the tenors, you have to watch the tuning a bit. Got better in later models. I used to own a silver Largebore, serial 13,936 that I liked. Kinda wish I still had it, but couldn't afford to keep it and needed another horn, so off in trade it went.

I don't like the altos; earliest/best of the vintage altos for me is the SBA.

 

[picconose]

As previously stated, it is not a "cigar cutter". Only those instruments with the distinctive "cigar cutter" plate in the octave mechanism are that. Not a "New Largebore", nor is it a "Super" series; all those were stamped with "Sss" on the bell. The octave mechanism, high F key, lowe B/Bb key guard, neck receiver clamp, and lyre post are all the same as on my Modele 22. The "New Largebore" has the lyrepost and neck receiver clamp all in one casting; they had an extra "V" piece on the B/Bb key guard between teh body and the bell; they had a straight high F key, pivoted perpendicular to the bore; and, as I stated, were all stamped with the triple s stamping.

 

[AMASAX]

As previously stated, it is not a "cigar cutter". Only those instruments with the distinctive "cigar cutter" plate in the octave mechanism are that. Not a "New Largebore", nor is it a "Super" series; all those were stamped with "Sss" on the bell. The octave mechanism, high F key, lowe B/Bb key guard, neck receiver clamp, and lyre post are all the same as on my Modele 22. The "New Largebore" has the lyrepost and neck receiver clamp all in one casting; they had an extra "V" piece on the B/Bb key guard between teh body and the bell; they had a straight high F key, pivoted perpendicular to the bore; and, as I stated, were all stamped with the triple s stamping.

You really need to read up on this stuff before throwing out so many posts - I'm getting tired of correcting your posts. There's a LOT of doc on this site and you'd do well to poke around a bit.

This tenor is a Largebore, which is the model right before the earliest versions of the SSS(Selmer Super Sax) came out. If memory serves(and I'm tired tonight, so hard to tell for sure), the actual 'SSS' was not stamped onto the tenors at the same time as on the altos, but a bit later in the run, so there an be some confusion there, in regards to figuring out where a tenor falls in the Super Series. However, that doesn't change the nature of this particular tenor.

 

[sirspinbad]

..i don't see the problem here...??? you both seem to be saying the same thing...that it is not a New Largbore,super,or cigar cutter

 

[B Flat]

It is a Large Bore.
Certainly not a Super or Cigar Cutter.
Look at the octave mechanism and neck receiver.
That serial number seems to work well with the majority of information around.

 

[RedNeck19]

I own a 115xx identical to yours and it's a beast !!!

It's a 1929 "Modèle 26 bigbore" also nammed "transitional 29".
Features a Cigarcutter body tube with Modèle 26 keywork + added front F key.
Around 400 tenors produced in 1929

MPC friendly : no intonation problem even with "modern" MPCs (I play a Vigilante NY + Hemke 2.5 on it!!!), ergo is very good except LH pinkie table.
Free blowing, round bottom, easy altissimo, can be bright if you push it.
Really nice horn

Big fight between 385xxx Silversonic and 115xx Bigbore when I have to choose one for a gig... Bigbore wins quite often LOL