{"product_id":"saxophone-tenor-selmer-balanced-action-1938-n-273xx-verni-rewind","title":"SELMER Balanced Action Tenor Saxophone (1938), n°27330, Raw Classic","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis SELMER Balanced Action from 1938 with its dark, honey-colored lacquer and its beautiful, elaborate hand engraving really makes a statement! The lacquer was renewed at an earlier date and the craftsmanship is truly outstanding. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it was redone at the SELMER factory in Mantes la Ville. The engraving is still perfectly preserved and that is a good thing, because it is a rare “Cottage at the Sea” engraving. In addition to floral motifs on bell and knee, the SELMER engravers of the time engraved a framed landscape motif in the middle of the bell. Each landscape engraving is different and this one shows a house (cottage) surrounded by fir trees on a hill by a lake on with a sailing boat. Mountains are depicted in the background.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe saxophone probably once belonged to “David Beckett”, who had his name engraved on it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the neck is not the original, this Balanced Action sounds like Balanced Action.\u0026nbsp;However, I must also say that the pads are quite old and the horn needs a general overhaul in its current condition to be able to produce a full range of sounds. The neck is a balanced-style “power neck”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis SELMER BA tenor saxophone 27XXX is being sold in its current condition, i.e. not overhauled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSold by Saxophonic - Legendary Saxophones\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henri SELMER Paris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51958689366359,"sku":null,"price":5916.67,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0570\/4518\/8777\/files\/27XXX-Tenor_SaxophonicLG-4_64e8b712-c765-4749-abbe-a2e9b28e0b89.jpg?v=1760949099","url":"https:\/\/www.selmer.fr\/en-au\/products\/saxophone-tenor-selmer-balanced-action-1938-n-273xx-verni-rewind","provider":"Henri SELMER Paris","version":"1.0","type":"link"}