Backstage

News, events, testimonials and historical anecdotes... we have created exclusive content for you with many videos, photos and even podcasts.

Welcome to the backstage of the SELMER planet, with those who make it vibrate!

BACKSTAGE
Maison SELMER Remove all
Filter

Filter

Remove all
Maison SELMER Remove all
[VIDEO] Second souffle pour ce mythique saxophone « Cigar Cutter » de 1932
Maison selmer

[VIDEO] Second breath for this mythical saxophone "Cigar Cutter" from 1932

Our service ReWIND has been selected for the "ESG With You" series, valuing the meaningful initiatives in terms of eco-responsibility. Discover the story of a Cigar Cutter, born in 1932...

Read more
[Compte rendu] Rencontres Pédagogiques pour le Saxophone 2022
Maison selmer

[Report] Pedagogical Meetings for the Saxophone 2022

On September 30th, the event gathered more than one hundred French-speaking teachers, from all regions, all sizes of structures, and all musical genres. On the program: concerts and discussions on...

Read more
History Notes #12 : Le Super Action 80
Maison selmer

History Notes #12 : Super Action 80

For the last episode of the season, Douglas Pipher talks about the last historic saxophone made by the House of SELMER: the Super Action 80, which would be followed a...

Read more
La ville de Dinant inaugure un saxophone géant en hommage à SELMER
Maison selmer

The city of Dinant inaugurates a giant saxophone in tribute to SELMER

The city of Dinant (Belgium), birthplace of Adolphe Sax, and the International Adolphe Sax Association, paid a magnificent tribute to Henri SELMER Paris on Sunday, September 18, to celebrate their...

Read more
[vidéos] De jeunes motion designers portent leur regard sur le saxophone
Maison selmer

[videos] Young motion designers take a look at the saxophone

On the occasion of the SELMER saxophones centenary, we gave the floor to the students of the Gobelins - École de l'image, in order to have the young generation's point...

Read more
Nos programmes maintenant disponibles en podcasts !
Maison selmer

Our programs now available as podcasts!

In order to better adapt to the everyone' wishes, we now offer our contents in podcasts. This format allows you to enjoy our programs without an internet connection (podcasts are...

Read more
[Savoir-faire] Le polissage saxophone
Maison selmer

[Know-how] Saxophone polishing

Essential step in the saxophone manufacturing process, polishing reveals all the beauty of our instruments thanks to the work of a noble material, brass. Polisher in the SELMER workshops for...

Read more
[Savoir-faire] Responsable qualité dans les ateliers SELMER
Maison selmer

[Know-how] Quality manager in the SELMER Paris workshops

A saxophonist since childhood, Fabien Lestrade has been working at Henri SELMER Paris since 1983. First, instrument repairer, then finisher, controller, and trainer for many years, he was appointed Manager...

Read more
History Notes #11 : Le Mark VII
Maison selmer

History Notes #11: The Mark VII

Transition between the Mark VI and the Super Action 80, the Mark VII was marketed for 4 years. It offers a powerful sound, particularly rich in high harmonics, corresponding to...

Read more
History Notes #10 : Le Mark VI
Maison selmer

History Notes #10: The Mark VI

In 1954, the saxophone world was shattered by the arrival of an instrument that soon became legendary: the Mark VI. Today, Douglas Pipher dives into the archives of the most...

Read more
40 of 95 articles