Does anyone know much about the AE Sax models produced at/after the Selmer takeover.
My teacher's just got hold of an AE Sax alto S/N 12x, with another number on the body below the D, 54xx. No suffix. Not sure if I can get pics or not. If I can, I'll post them.
Judging by what I've found on saxpics the 54xx is a Selmer number, but I saw another post here saying it was a workshop number, not a Selmer serial number. Ideas/clarification?
Guards are the curved Sax type and the keywork/body look nothing like the Selmer 22/26. The bands joining bell/body have the domed Sax shape. Emblem is AS with fils in it. And it's stamped on the side of the bell for Rue Myrnha. medaille d'or 1900 etc. No 'No.' in front of the serial number.
Has pearls on the keys, rollers, auto octave mech, high G (?) triller and is Silver plated, but it's a replate and no idea what it was originally.
My guess is that it's one of the ones assembled from AE Sax parts at the start of the run, apparantly with a Sax body but would like to trace some shots of one with a similar serial number to compare. Best I could find was on saxpics, but they seem to be a lot later, with straight keyguards (mostly).
Were there links between AE Sax and Selmer before the takeover? Have seen posts suggesting that teh Seler 22s were Sax designs/cribs, possibly stencils. But it's all rather vague and there seems to be a lot of guesswork/hearsay around. Even the takeover date is unclear - Selmer's web site says 1929, but most web sources say 1928, and others 1927 and 1929 and 1930 as well. Also some sources claim AE Sax worked for Selmer fo a while after the takeover.
Would really appreciate some help/links, have tried searching the usual suspects, saxpics/SOTW/Bassic Sax, but have drawn a blank so far.
Thanks, Kev.
My teacher's just got hold of an AE Sax alto S/N 12x, with another number on the body below the D, 54xx. No suffix. Not sure if I can get pics or not. If I can, I'll post them.
Judging by what I've found on saxpics the 54xx is a Selmer number, but I saw another post here saying it was a workshop number, not a Selmer serial number. Ideas/clarification?
Guards are the curved Sax type and the keywork/body look nothing like the Selmer 22/26. The bands joining bell/body have the domed Sax shape. Emblem is AS with fils in it. And it's stamped on the side of the bell for Rue Myrnha. medaille d'or 1900 etc. No 'No.' in front of the serial number.
Has pearls on the keys, rollers, auto octave mech, high G (?) triller and is Silver plated, but it's a replate and no idea what it was originally.
My guess is that it's one of the ones assembled from AE Sax parts at the start of the run, apparantly with a Sax body but would like to trace some shots of one with a similar serial number to compare. Best I could find was on saxpics, but they seem to be a lot later, with straight keyguards (mostly).
Were there links between AE Sax and Selmer before the takeover? Have seen posts suggesting that teh Seler 22s were Sax designs/cribs, possibly stencils. But it's all rather vague and there seems to be a lot of guesswork/hearsay around. Even the takeover date is unclear - Selmer's web site says 1929, but most web sources say 1928, and others 1927 and 1929 and 1930 as well. Also some sources claim AE Sax worked for Selmer fo a while after the takeover.
Would really appreciate some help/links, have tried searching the usual suspects, saxpics/SOTW/Bassic Sax, but have drawn a blank so far.
Thanks, Kev.