I noticed a Selmar USA for $900 and I haven't seen a lot of info on the horn. I don't know if it is a school horn or a professional.
Our school used Couf (Keilwerth) saxes as school horns.My school horn was a Mark VI ...
Our school used Couf (Keilwerth) saxes as school horns.
They still have the same ones when I was in school too though not in as nice of shape anymore.
I get frustrated by people who ask for help and then ignore the advice. What's the old sayin', you can't help those who will not help themselves?Getting back to the bari issue raised by the OP, there are lots of good baris that can do the job, but all these ultra cheap, new baris for <$2,000 new that you can buy on eBay, (like this one) raise a red flag in my mind. The old adage "you get what you pay for" has never been truer than when it comes to the larger saxophones.
I went to 5 different high schools, so I had a bunch of horns I played with, until I bought my own (first a Keilwerth-made Bundy, then a brand new YBS-52).Here in terms of Baris it's a 70s Buescher 400, a Vito Stencil Yanigisawa B6, and a Yani B901.
I'm terms of other saxes, my school has a Buescher TT, two YTS-52s, and a few Vitos; all Tenors.