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  2. Selmer Mark VI - Wikipedia

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    Lou Donaldson playing a Selmer Mk VI alto Selmer Mark VI tenor saxophone Concert model with high F#, right hand G#, D to E flat trill and C to D trill using the palm key E flat. The Selmer Mark VI is a saxophone produced from 1954 to 1981. Production shifted to the Mark VII for the tenor and alto in the mid-1970s (see discussion of serial ...

  3. Balanced action - Wikipedia

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    Further ergonomic improvements were offered with the Mark VI introduced in 1953, which became the most widely used professional class saxophone produced in the mid twentieth century. King was the first manufacturer other than Selmer to adopt table key mechanisms derived from those of the Balanced Action, in 1949. By the late 1960s, the new ...

  4. Henri Selmer Paris - Wikipedia

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    Henri Selmer Paris is a French enterprise, manufacturer of musical instruments based at Mantes-la-Ville near Paris.Founded in 1885, it is known as a producer of professional-grade woodwind and brass instruments, especially saxophones, clarinets and trumpets.

  5. David Sanborn - Wikipedia

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    According to an April 1988 interview in the jazz magazine DownBeat, he had a preference for Selmer Mark VI alto saxophones in the 140,000-150,000 serial number range, all produced in 1967. From the late 1970s, Sanborn played mouthpieces created by Bobby Dukoff .

  6. Thumb rest - Wikipedia

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    The saxophone has had a thumb rest since its creation in 1849. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The Selmer Mark VI saxophone model from Henri Selmer Paris , which revolutionised the ergonomics of this instrument when it was introduced in 1954, had an adjustable thumb rest made of plastic or metal.

  7. Mark VI - Wikipedia

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    Mark Six, a lottery game; Vox Mark VI, a 1962 teardrop shaped electric guitar; Selmer Mark VI, high quality saxophone line made by Selmer beginning in the mid-1950s; Mark VI class of industrial control systems used by General Electric; Halo 3, mechanical armor variant is known as Mark VI

  8. Dexter Gordon - Wikipedia

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    He bought a Selmer Mark VI from Ben Webster after he lost his 10M during the trip to Paris. In a DownBeat magazine interview from 1977, he referred to his current mouthpiece as an Otto Link model with a #8 (.110" under the Otto Link system) tip opening.

  9. Branford Marsalis - Wikipedia

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    Soprano: His most famous soprano has been a silver Selmer Mark VI with a modified bent neck. He is said [17] to now be playing a Yamaha YSS-82ZR, and uses a Selmer D mouthpiece and Vandoren V12 Clarinet reeds 5+ [18] Alto: Cannonball Vintage Series (model AV/LG-L) [19] with a Selmer Classic C mouthpiece and Vandoren #5 [18]