I am currently in the process of moving, and yesterday, while sorting through the stuff that was under the stairs of my old house, I came across a brochure for the alto and tenor Mark VII saxophones. The brochure would be roughly from 1979, from when I was in junior high school. I was checking out the horns, because I was planning on buying my first pro sax.
Long story short, until I saw this brochure, I had forgotten that I had actually owned one of these for about a week. I guess I didn't like it that much, because I returned it, and got a Super 20. Fast forward a couple of years, and I wasn't allowed to use my Super 20 in university. I sold it, and bought the Mark VI--professor approved I might add--that I still have to this day.
Although my foray into Mark VII ownership didn't last for more than 7 days, I seem to have filed the informational brochure away with a bunch of music from back in the day. Last night I scanned the booklet, and uploaded all the pages into the Mark VII gallery in Bassic Sax Pix.
If you're a Mark VII owner, you'll likely enjoy the booklet. I've purposely kept the pages large enough so that you can read the writing.
Even if you don't own a Mark VII, but have always wondered about the infamous spatula keys, here's your chance to see what Selmer wrote about them, and how they tried to sell them to the sax-playing public.
Long story short, until I saw this brochure, I had forgotten that I had actually owned one of these for about a week. I guess I didn't like it that much, because I returned it, and got a Super 20. Fast forward a couple of years, and I wasn't allowed to use my Super 20 in university. I sold it, and bought the Mark VI--professor approved I might add--that I still have to this day.
Although my foray into Mark VII ownership didn't last for more than 7 days, I seem to have filed the informational brochure away with a bunch of music from back in the day. Last night I scanned the booklet, and uploaded all the pages into the Mark VII gallery in Bassic Sax Pix.
If you're a Mark VII owner, you'll likely enjoy the booklet. I've purposely kept the pages large enough so that you can read the writing.
Even if you don't own a Mark VII, but have always wondered about the infamous spatula keys, here's your chance to see what Selmer wrote about them, and how they tried to sell them to the sax-playing public.