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As promised:  Selmer Mark VI Black Lacquered Soprano and Sopranino.  One 
thing that might show they were factory done is that you can see the gold 
engraving color is different for each horn, but matches the Selmer logo of 
the horn.  On the other hand, some shots you will see some bubbling under the 
lacquer.  You will also see a repair spot on the soprano up top.  The only 
touch up I did was to ink out the last two digits of the serial numbers.  Use 
whatever shots you like for your site and let me know what you think as to 
whether or not these horns were factory done.  If you need higher resolution 
pics, let me know which ones.

In a message dated 10/31/2002 2:31:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
saxpics@x-mail.net writes:

> Quoting:
> 
> > I'm the one posting as 'Grumps' on the SOTW Forum with the sopranino
and
> > soprano black lacquers.  After Halloween (it's a national holiday in
our
> > household) I'll find time to take some nice shots for you.  They are 
> quite
> > unique horns and once belonged to the late Joe Clark; a jazz player
out 
> of
> > the DC area.
> >
> > You might remember I was the one who e-mailed you regarding that
Martin
> > Stencil by Art Musical Instruments, Inc., F.A.Buescher, Pres.  I'm
still
> > digging up information on that one.
> > 
> 
> 
> Ah!  The interesting Martin.  I've been meaning to research, but I haven't 
> had time.  
> I'm actually hoping that one of these days someone with a lot of cash will 
> hear that I 
> don't have time to research because I'm at work and will pay my salary for 
> a year or 
> two :)
> 
> (Well, that's how I got my website, so it could happen!)
> 
> The black lacquer horns will be a nice addition to the collection.  I'm 
> thinking of re-
> working my Selmer pages, so I'm definitely interested in all Selmer 
> variations.