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Used Conn-Selmer instruments

Conn-Selmer is the company behind several of the oldest names in American band instruments. Steinway Musical Instruments formed it in 2003 by merging the Selmer Company with United Musical Instruments, which owned Conn and King, and it bought Leblanc in 2004. C. G. Conn built the first American saxophone in Elkhart in 1888 and its 88H trombone dates from 1954. King began in Cleveland, where H. N. White made his first King trombone in 1894, and the 2B is its famous jazz horn. Selmer is the name that trips up buyers. Henri Selmer Paris is the French maker of professional saxophones and clarinets. Selmer (USA) grew from his brother Alexandre's New York shop, went its own way in 1927, and became the American student and step-up line, with student models later sourced from Asia. Saxes like the AS500 and AS711 are Selmer (USA), not Paris. Leblanc traces back to the French maker Noblet and came to the US in 1946 with Vito Pascucci. Conn-Selmer still sells Leblanc clarinets today.

6 models we cover.