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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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Wayne Shorter : Zero Gravity, le portrait intime d’une légende du jazz

Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity, the intimate portrait of a jazz legend

Outstanding saxophonist and composer among the most influential of modern jazz, Wayne Shorter would have been 90 years old on August 25th. Over a career spanning over 60 years, he...

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Votre saxophone alto axos remboursé ?

Votre saxophone alto axos remboursé ?

Pour tout achat d’un saxophone alto AXOS neuf chez les détaillants agréés français du réseau Henri SELMER Paris, participez au tirage au sort pour avoir une chance de voir votre...

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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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Retrouvez-nous au Éole Factory Festival 2023
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Meet us at the Éole Factory Festival 2023

Éole Factory is the festival for musicians par excellence! Unique in its kind, open to all musical styles, its eclectic programme gives pride of place to brass and wind instruments...

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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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Rencontres pédagogiques nationales pour la clarinette
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National educational meetings for the clarinet

The 5th edition of the event will take place on Friday September 29, 2023 at the Town Hall of the 18th arrondissement of Paris! This event is aimed at all...

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Conseils pour débuter la clarinette Mib
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Tips for starting the E-flat clarinet

Clarinet soloist, recitalist, orchestral player, chamber musician, pedagogue and blogger, Jenny Maclay gives you her tips for getting started on the E-flat clarinet!

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Un saxophone ténor Supreme au Palais de l’Elysée
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A Supreme tenor saxophone at the Elysée Palace

The Supreme Tenor Saxophone has been selected to illustrate the breadth of French know-how at the 2023 edition of the Grande Exposition du Fabriqué en France (Great Exhibition of Made in France).

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