I'm overhauling my Selmer Mark 6 saxophone!

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Let's take a look at my Selmer Mark VI before I overhaul it.
My name is Scott Reed. I'm a woodwind repair technician and player in the Kansas City area of the United States. If you have an instrument or are involved in music and want to be on the channel please contact me.

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@tooties545 4 ай бұрын

Okay, NOW you've got my interest. Very cool.

@Scottsmusiccave 4 ай бұрын

I got sidelined on this project with customer repairs but I’ll hopefully get back to it soon and post some updates.

@keithcampbell6806 4 ай бұрын

Good afternoon from my mechanical background the fork is better thanthe ball and pin mechanism. However the plastic joint used on the older Yamaha Horns worked very well and silently too. Something to consider. Plastic is agood sturdy chesper option.

@Scottsmusiccave 4 ай бұрын

Agreed. Music Medic sells a fork conversion. I’ve never done that. I don’t want to have to refinish keys on this particular saxophone but maybe next time I’ll do a conversion.

@frankversteeg8107 5 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to this shootout, curious about the differences or similarities between these horns, as you know, i own a Keilwerth Toneking, and a Toneking Special, and on alto a Toneking Exclusive, 1973, 1977 and 1986

@Scottsmusiccave 5 ай бұрын

I am too! Tonekings are great and that’s in my stack. It’s a stencil but a really great playing saxophone that you can purchase for a lot less than a lot of professional saxophones.

@MrEVANwhat 5 ай бұрын

If you have a real thin key oil and some thin super glue (Insta-cure), you can put the key oil on the little male end located at the bottom of your side Bb & C that inserts into the ball joint mechanism. Then while working quickly, you can use a needle spring or something to dab a tiny spot of super glue onto the oiled bit and install the key into the posts/ball joint. Then rapidly trill the side key for like 30 seconds. This creates a little super glue sleeve that takes up that tiny bit of room in the ball joint and makes for a nice silencer. It won’t last forever but it’s pretty easy 👍

@Scottsmusiccave 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for that. I’ve heard of the superglue trick, but I’ve never had it explained to me.

@MrEVANwhat 5 ай бұрын

Sure thing man. I’ve done it on 3 VI’s so far and I’ve yet to have a joint seize up.

@hsax03 5 ай бұрын

I've been interested in using jetset thermoplastic on the side keys of those.

@Scottsmusiccave 5 ай бұрын

I’m actually not familiar with this. Can you post a link? Thanks

@marka8274 5 ай бұрын

I had a Mark vi 1972 alto, which I sold. It had an f# key and no engravings. It played nice, but the lower notes would leak even after a service. Ergonomics on it were nice. Have you reviewed a king super 20 silver sonic yet? Do you have any of those for sale ?

@Scottsmusiccave 5 ай бұрын

I don’t have a Silver Sonic at the moment. Sometimes I get a sax that just won’t hold adjustments and I end up having to overhaul it with new pads that are floated in as well as adjustment materials that hold their shape. It ends up being time consuming and expensive, but great results. Interesting that it didn’t have engraving and a high f# key.

@marka8274 5 ай бұрын

@Scottsmusiccave Looking at the selmer history notes, those saxophones that were not exported to the US sometimes were not engraved, hence it must have been a European horn.

@Scottsmusiccave 5 ай бұрын

@@marka8274 That make sense. There's a Selmer History page on facebook and if you have your serial number Douglas Pipher can look up where the instrument was originally finished.

@marka8274 5 ай бұрын

@@Scottsmusiccave Do you have a website or link where I can find what you're selling?

@markhubenthal 5 ай бұрын

beautiful horn. I’ve always been curious to play a Mark Vi. I have a Super Action 80 series II I’ve loved for 20 years and recently have a P Mauriat 66r that is also great. Very interesting to be able to compare horns when I get a chance.

@Scottsmusiccave 5 ай бұрын

They are great. There were several changes over the Mark 6 years so they are all a little different. As long as they are set up properly they are all great.

@krulwurld1791 3 ай бұрын

Not all mark vi are created equal. If you go to a really big store you could have many to try. I had 60s one I hated and a 70s one,bought new, that I love so much I had the complete works done on it for its 50th birthday. So expensive I feel I bought it twice. I’m running about 50-50 on others I tried.