1949 SELMER SUPER BALANCED ACTION BARI SAX, NEW PADS! ORIGINAL AMERICAN LACQUER, GOOD ENGRAVING, NO DENTS! Start Price USD 6,450.00 Current Price USD 6,450.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 6,950.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 12, 2008 End Time Saturday, November 22, 2008 Location Wichita, Kansas See more about '1949 SELMER SUPER BALANCED ACTION BARI SAX, NEW PADS!' Description WICHITA BAND INSTRUMENT COMPANY 2525 East Douglas Avenue Wichita, KS 67211 Telephone (316) 684-0291 FAX (316) 684-6858 Email wbic@wichitaband.com SUPERB 1949 SELMER-PARIS BARITONE SAX , LOW B-flat, NEW PADS & CORKS. Balanced Action / Super Action / Super Balanced Action baritones are pretty rare. I’ve worked at Wichita Band since 1961, can’t remember ever seeing more than two or three of ‘em. This one wears serial number 38,467, stamped both on the body and on the neck. Lacquer finish is definitely original, definitely American. Good engraving to the bell section, as well. Finish is worn about 35 – 40 %, mostly on the body. No major dents, ever, but lots of small dings have been burnished out in our shop. Original neck was built with “seamed construction” (brazed at the bottom of the tube) and that seam has been repaired at one time or another. That means we’re selling this one with two necks: one’s the original, the other’s a new Selmer baritone neck. Personally, I prefer the original, but some of the fellows here seem to think the new neck has a little more free tone-color. All parts are original and it’s had all new pads and corks from our shop in Wichita. The original pads would have been riveted, but without resonators. We’ve used Ferree’s pads with nylon resonators….the pads not too thick, so you’ve got a very direct “feel” that’s not at all squishy. Didn’t have to do much swedging to the keywork, though. Some to the palms and top stack, but the keys are actually still pretty tight. ALL the key pearls are original and don’t show excess wear or “dishing”. Not as sharp as they were sixty years ago, but still very good. Our EBay Selmer baritone has been fully re-padded, has new key corks and is clean, dent-free and with keywork swedged tight again. That means ALL PADS AND CORKS are new, from our shop in Wichita. Intonation is very good on this particular instrument, with low notes NOT sharp, like on a M6 or some other baritones. No need to drop your jaw two inches when you play low B or B-flat. This one doesn’t have low A, though. I’ll argue either way… For me, a bari with low B-flat has better low notes than one with low A. And it’s not as heavy, of course. It’s nice to have the low A, but if you need the note, cross your legs and stick your left heel in the bell. But everybody knows that, don’t they? Repairs and restoration work was done by our Andrew McClellan. Since joining our firm several years ago, he’s specialized in saxophones, especially baritones. A superb musician himself, Drew knows how to make a baritone sound just right and to have the perfect “feel” that most repairmen never seem to understand. The sax comes with a new Pro-Tech case and a Berg Larsen HR, #110 / 2 mouthpiece that seems to work very well with this particular instrument. Bottom line… Here’s a baritone sax that plays about as well as any baritone ever built, is clean and original and wears new pads from our shop in Wichita. ******************************************************************************************** Wichita Band Instrument Company is a small musical instrument emporium located in the center of the USA. We’ve been in business since e1953 and have had the same owner since 1963. Originally we were a repair shop that specialized in woodwind and sax restoration. Today we have 18 employees including eight of the finest repair technicians in the country. Wichita Band Instrument Company maintains a repair department capable of restoration work of the highest quality. We are at your service to maintain and repair your musical equipment forever. It’s our “service after the sale” promise and has been since 1953! It’s sometimes possible to buy a good saxophone on Ebay for a lower price, but unless that instrument wears all new pads and corks from a reputable shop, you won’t know how it plays until you spend another five to seven hundred to have it mechanically overhauled. With a saxophone from OUR shop, you know it’s in the finest condition when it arrives at your home! Here’s what we do to all used saxes we sell: The instrument is taken apart and everything washed clean. We don’t believe in chemical dips, but do use plenty of soap and water! Dings are next burnished from body, bell, end-bow and neck. With a little effort, we can make things look “like new” again. After the body-shop work’s been completed, we swedge hinge-tubes tight again and re-fit to the sax body. Finally, pads and corks are replaced and the instrument play-tested. Most customers tell us that our saxes are then actually “mechanically better than new”. Wichita Band’s service warranty is the same as it’s been for more than thirty years: “ALL new and all used instruments sold by Wichita Band Instrument Company come with our 24 month service warranty. It’s in addition to any factory guarantees. For two full years, we will repair or replace, whichever in our estimation is the more advisable, pads, corks, springs or other parts required, at no charge to the customer. The customer is responsible for shipping and insurance charges. Cases and plating finishes are not covered by our service warranty but are sometimes covered by factory guarantees.” Wichita Band’s service warranty DOES cover dents and dings to your sax. If your instrument sustains damage to the body, end bow, neck or bell, we’ll burnish out the dents and make it look “like new” again. The cost you is absolutely nothing except shipping and insurance charges. Wichita Band Instrument Company maintains a repair department capable of restoration work of the highest quality. Even though repairs are essentially “free” for the first two years, after that period has expired, we remain at your service to maintain and repair your musical equipment forever. It’s our “service after the sale” promise and has been since 1953! In the event that a customer requires service under factory guarantees or Wichita Band’s service warranty, the item must be returned to us and not directly to the manufacturer. Anything we sell can be sent to you for a short approval period without obligation. We collect NO SALES TAX, unless you’re lucky enough to live in Kansas. The customer is responsible for shipping and insurance and must pre-pay back to us any freight charges on returned equipment. International shipping is available. Returned items will be refunded within 3 weeks of receiving the item. We’re happy to send any instrument “on approval” for ten days, but ask the prospective buyer to pay shipping both ways and to please reimburse us for clean-up, posting and restocking charges, 2.95%, on any returned instrument. VISA/MASTERCARD/DISCOVER/MONEY ORDER/CHECK/WIRE TRANSFER ACCEPTED. Credit cards not accepted from some countries. We must ship to the credit card billing address with exceptions made only at our discretion. Please email us for a full listing of our new, reconditioned, and vintage instruments. Pro quality new, used and vintage saxes from Selmer, Buffet, Conn and King are our specialty! We’re happy to correspond with musicians, players, parents and enthusiasts of all types. Written appraisals are always available, but please don’t write or telephone and ask “what’s granny’s Sousaphone worth?” Do an Ebay search and you’ll learn more than we could ever tell you. Please see our other auctions: Current E-bay auctions. Feel free to call or e-mail for any additional information. Wichita Band Instrument Co. 800-835-3006 order line (USA and Canada), 316-684-0291 outside the USA and Canada order line, and info line, e-mail: wbic@wichitaband.com. Place a Bid!