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This horn was built by Selmer USA in the USA around 1974 give or take a year. It's supposedly a clone or near-clone of the Buescher Aristocrat from the same. Selmer sax LTDA1BG orLTDA1LQ info. Selmer USA SN 820xxx/828xxx (sleepers?) USA selmer alto and altissimo?? Selmer Bundy alto (serial number 363xxx).
- Bundy saxophones are the beginner line of the great Selmer saxophones. Henri and Alexandre Selmer began making reeds and mouthpieces and, after moving to New York, began building horns. After some success they were able to branch into multiple horns, as well as professional, intermediate and beginner lines. Examine the metal of the saxophone.
- Serial Number Ranges By Model; •; Full Serial Number Chart. The Soprano, Baritone and Bass Mark VI saxophones were produced until serial #365000 in.
- Serial Number Ranges By Model • Full Serial Number Chart; Selmer Serial Number Ranges By Model. Although, as the chart below illustrates, the Mark VI was produced until (roughly) serial #378000, this applies only to the Sopranino model.
I’m not sure that there is a sax player, current or former, over the age of 30, who hasn’t at one time in his or her musical life, either played a Bundy, or sat next to someone, who played a Bundy saxophone.
Bundy, and then their slightly less popular successors, the Bundy II, were staples in most bandrooms in North America for decades. They were, arguably, the most popular student model saxophone brand until they were toppled from their throne by Yamaha.
The Bundy line of musical instruments owe their name to a Selmer employee by the name of George Bundy, who in 1918, had taken over the Selmer USA business when Alexandre Selmer returned to Paris. In around 1930, Bundy began marketing a subsidiary brand of Selmer USA instruments under his own name.
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At first the Bundy line consisted of items imported into the US from various sources, some of good quality, but later Selmer made their own Bundy instruments in the US. After Selmer bought Bach in 1961 and Buescher in 1963 it attempted to absorb some elements from these two companies’ instruments into the line of student Bundy-brand instruments, leaning on Bach for the trumpets and brass and on Buescher for the saxophones. Selmer’s US-made Bundy instruments are not well regarded [they are not pro-model horns]. The Bundy brand was dropped by Selmer US during the 1990s.
So for a period of nearly 60 years, Bundy was a name synonymous with student model saxophones.
Depending on your age, and the age of the saxophone you or your band-mate might have played, the Bundy you remember might look something like this…
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A Bundy alto: A Bundy II tenor:
The bell to body brace on a Bundy II tenor:
The bell keys of a Bundy tenor with a red painted-on logo:
The bell keys of a Bundy alto:
The bell keys of a Bundy II alto:
A Bundy tenor with a red paint logo:
A Bundy II tenor:
In case any of you were dying to know what the differences between the Bundy and the Bundy II were, I came across this interesting piece of trivia courtesy of Saxquest’s Forum:
Difference between Selmer Bundy and Selmer Bundy II?
Just wondering if there is a difference of if they are the same. There is someone selling one in our town used and he said it is a Selmer Bundy (he had bought it for his grandson who never played it much) he couldn’t find a II anywhere on it. Is there any difference between a Selmer Bundy and a Selmer Bundy II? Are all Selmers good for beginners?
The answer to the question posed in the forum, came from none other than Ralph Morgan himself. (I took the liberty of spell-checking & formatting Ralph’s post.)
I am interested in your question because I was the Chief Woodwind Technician and Designer for the SELMER Co and did the designing of the BUNDY II saxes.
A bit of history—-for many years previous, the BUNDY saxes had been made by the BUESCHER Company in Elkhart, Indiana, the home also for H. and A. SELMER, at 1119 N. Main St. The body design was the same as the famous BUESCHER TRUTONE saxes, which were patented in 1914, and were so fine that Sigurd Rascher, the world’s finest player always used one. There certainly was no way of improving on that, so my attention was focused on variations in the mechanism, especially on the reshaping and location of the table keys for the left hand little finger.
There were a few other minor changes made, but they were not what contributed to the sudden spurt in sales we enjoyed. The regular BUNDY had been by far the most purchased student model for years, but
the first year of the BUNDY II saw a 38% further increase in sales….
the first year of the BUNDY II saw a 38% further increase in sales….
What Ralph writes about the Bundy saxes being made by Buescher would explain this rather pretty horn that Woodwind and Brass Ltd. in Cowplain England has on their website:
This is what they say about it:
Selmer Bundy Buescher Aristocrat Saxophone with the engraving and cluster keys classically indicative of the Buescher Aristocrat. This instrument is in excellent condition having been relacquered – while still preserving the beautiful engraving. It has also had a total overhaul – pads, cork and springs have been replaced. Touch pieces are mother of pearl. Comes complete with Yamaha 6c mouthpiece and Rovner 1RL dark ligature and cap. Also has Hiscox professional hard case.
The other thing Ralph mentions in his post is that he redesigned the left hand pinkie cluster on the Bundy IIs. Cash me outside remix download.
Here are the original Bundy table keys for the left little finger…Remember these:
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And these were the ones he improved for the Bundy II:
So fast forward a number of years, and here we are in 2008…
Bundy has faded into history, well except on eBay, Craig’s list, The Buy and Sell, pawn shops, and every other second hand place you can think of…
But wait…What’s this? …An email…
How to download 320kbps songs. Ah yes…2 days ago I got an email from WWBW proudly announcing “The return of a legend” … Bundy is back! They tell me that:
In 1941, George Bundy created the Bundy line of instruments specifically for students. Today the name Bundy is the most widely recognized name in student instruments worldwide. Begin your exploration of the wonderful world of music with a new Bundy instrument.
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I’m psyched! I click on the link, and then suddenly I realize, I already know how to play the saxophone, and don’t need to buy a Bundy…again…My parents got me mine in around…well let’s see… sometime when the original Charlie’s Angels was on the air… I suddenly realize I’m older than I feel…
OK, so I’m on the Woodwind and Brasswind website now, and looking at the new saxophones, might as well, I’m here now. I look at these new Bundy tenor saxes model number BTS-300…
There’s something about them that looks vaguely familiar…I’m having a strange sense of deja vous…Let me see now…What is it…Oh I know…They look like those horns most of my students have been using for the last I don’t know how many years…You know the ones….The Yamaha YAS 23s and the YTS 23s.
On their website WWBW doesn’t give a country of origin for the new Bundy, but I’d be willing to bet, it isn’t made on North American soil like the old ones were. I’d also be willing to go out on a limb and say there is a good chance they aren’t manufactured in Japan like those enduring 23s were.
We shall see if the new Bundy student models will endure like the old ones did. Only time will tell. Me, well I’m a bit of a skeptic.
…this is just my blog. My “real” website iswww.bassic-sax.info.If you’re looking for sax info, you should check it out too.There’s lots there!
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Selmer Bundy has been manufacturing musical instruments of all types since the early 1900s and has been manufacturing saxophones since 1922. Over the years, they have manufactured over ten different saxophone models, making it difficult for musicians and collectors alike to determine which model they have or which year it was produced. Luckily, there is a simple way to, first, identify whether you indeed have a Selmer Bundy saxophone and, secondly, both the model and year of your saxophone.
Locate the Selmer Bundy engraving on the saxophone's bell. All Selmer Bundy saxophones have an engraving of some sort on the bell to identify that it is a Selmer Bundy saxophone. Any engraving of the Selmer Bundy logo or the word 'Selmer' designate a Selmer Bundy saxophone's authenticity. See the 'Jim's Music: Selmer Bundy Logo' and the 'Seek Logo: Selmer Logo' web pages for some example of the Selmer Bundy logo.
Selmer Bundy Saxophone Serial Number List
Locate the saxophone's serial number. The serial number for most saxophones, including Selmer Bundy saxophones, is located in one of two places: on the side of the body tube opposite the D key or on the bell near the Selmer Bundy logo. Some Selmer Bundy saxophones even have the serial number in both locations.
Selmer Bundy Saxophone Serial Numbers
Write the saxophone's serial number down for easy reference.
Open your computer's Web browser and navigate to the 'Conn-Selmer: Serial Number Information' page, located in the 'Resources' section of this article.
Match the serial number found on the saxophone with one of the serial numbers listed in the 'Selmer Serial Number Chart.' Once you have located the saxophone's serial number on the chart, you can locate its corresponding model name and manufacturing year by looking at the respective chart columns.