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History Notes : Sopraninos
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History Notes: Sopraninos

A very delicate instrument both in its playing approach and in its construction, the sopranino saxophone is the highest pitched voice in the saxophone family. Douglas Pipher opens the second...

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Signature, notre nouvelle gamme de saxophones
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Signature, our new range of saxophones

Continuing the renewal of its catalog of instruments, Henri SELMER Paris presents its new range of alto and tenor saxophones, the Signature models.

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ReWIND: nouveau souffle pour les instruments qui ont fait l’histoire d’Henri SELMER Paris
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ReWIND: new breath for the instruments that made the history of Henri SELMER Paris

Henri SELMER Paris adds to its website a new section dedicated to second-hand instruments or exhibition models. All these instruments for sale are revised and certified.

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[Savoir-faire] Soudeur saxophone en chaudronnerie
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[Know-how] Saxophone welder in metalworking

Born from a simple sheet of brass, the saxophone takes shape through a number of complex operations requiring rare know-how. At Henri SELMER Paris manufacture, located in Mantes-la-Ville since 1919,...

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Henri SELMER Paris ouvre ses archives privées à Douglas Pipher
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Henri SELMER Paris opens its private archives to Douglas Pipher

Last March, Canadian saxophonist, collector and researcher Douglas Pipher traveled to Paris to study the archives preciously preserved in our workshops...

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Les numéros de série des saxophones SELMER depuis 1922
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Saxophones serial numbers since 1922

Since the first Henri SELMER Paris saxophone in 1922, each instrument has been assigned a serial number stamped on the bell or on the body. Here is the list of...

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Naissance d'un saxophone dans les ateliers Henri SELMER Paris
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Birth of a saxophone at the Henri SELMER Paris factory

Made up of more than 600 parts, the saxophone is a particularly complex instrument. At Henri SELMER Paris, the production line is completely integrate enabling both better control of the...

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Découvrez le ténor Supreme
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Discover the tenor Supreme

After 100 years of saxophone innovation, conception and manufacturing, Henri SELMER Paris is redefining the modern identity of the tenor saxophone with the Supreme. The creation of this instrument embodies...

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Découvrez la nouvelle clarinette Mib Muse
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Discover the new Eb Muse clarinet

Principal chair in the clarinet section of the orchestra, Eb clarinet is in numerous symphonic works. Henri SELMER Paris believed it was important to integrate recent advances in acoustics, ergonomics...

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[Savoir-faire] Le finissage clarinette
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[Know-how] Clarinet finishing

Finishing is the last stage in the manufacture of the clarinet, before the instrument is checked and certified in an acoustic cabin. Nolwenn has been a finisher for six years...

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