These two horns would have originally had the same kind of lacquer. In the above two pairs of images, the first two show an original lacquer 58xxx Mark VI next to a relacquered 57xxx Mark VI. Here are some examples of distinctive British engraving patterns on lacquered saxophones. That ‘London’ stamp on the bell actually means something! London-distributed Selmers were not only sold in Great Britain, but also at least in Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. But quite a few others were engraved in London. Many Euro-market VI’s were assembled and engraved in France. But in reality, there were multiple distributors, each doing its own thing. Hopefully it is still helpful in the current form.Įuropean-assembled Selmers are often all lumped together when we talk about vintage Selmers. **Note: This is an article that I plan to improve in level of detail over time as I get more and better photos of different types of Euro-assembled and relacquered Euro-assembled Selmers.
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In Part 2, we will look at some different European engraving and lacquer styles, and then we will talk about how to distinguish a relacquered Mark VI from an original lacquer Mark VI. We also looked at what typical examples of original lacquer, American-assembled Mark VI’s look like in every major time period.
In the previous post, we looked at how to identify whether your Mark VI was assembled and engraved in the European market, or assembled and engraved for the American market.
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