Linky. It's in Portuguese. The asking price was approximately $10,000 US.
This is a custom horn built by Selmer for Ladário Teixeira in 1929. I was clued into this horn by a person who e-mailed me about something else and said, "By the way, have you ever heard of ...."
Doing some very cursory Googling, Ladário Teixeira was one of the pioneers in very high altissimo playing -- which is amusing considering that his alto has a low A -- and Selmer built this horn to facilitate altissimo playing.
It's unfortunate that the pics on the above link are so small. My e-mailer says that he has some more pics available someplace, so if I get 'em, I'll post 'em.
This is a custom horn built by Selmer for Ladário Teixeira in 1929. I was clued into this horn by a person who e-mailed me about something else and said, "By the way, have you ever heard of ...."
Doing some very cursory Googling, Ladário Teixeira was one of the pioneers in very high altissimo playing -- which is amusing considering that his alto has a low A -- and Selmer built this horn to facilitate altissimo playing.
It's unfortunate that the pics on the above link are so small. My e-mailer says that he has some more pics available someplace, so if I get 'em, I'll post 'em.