![]() It just so happened that the two saxophones for sale in Vancouver this summer, were both Selmer knockoffs. Would you know how to spot a fake-regardless of the brand? Selmer, Yanagisawa, and Yamaha saxophones are often copied and sold as the real thing. Why? Well even if you’re like me, and don’t generally buy horns online, you could still encounter fake horns. ![]() ![]() Then of course I took off on holidays for over a month.Ī thread on the Woodwind Forum about a knockoff Yani reminded me about the in-progress article, so this morning I began nearly from scratch, to get my head around all the permutations that distinguish a fake from an authentic Selmer Paris saxophone.ĭuring the summer I came across a couple of ads on Vancouver’s Craigslist, which should get all of us-regardless where you live-thinking. That article got so complicated to research, that I put it aside while I was playing in a musical. Yes, there are most definitely counterfeit saxophones in Vancouver, CanadaĪ number of months ago I started writing a fully illustrated, updated piece on how to spot counterfeit Selmer Paris saxophones.
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