Conn-Selmer · Step-up · STS711
Like its alto sibling, the Selmer STS711 shares a number with a student horn, so read the letters before anything else. The STS711 is Conn-Selmer's entry-level professional tenor, made by Selmer USA in collaboration with Henri Selmer Paris, and the Paris factory makes its neck and its TMX2 mouthpiece. The body has ribbed post-to-rib-to-body construction, Mark VI style hand engraving, blued steel springs and Pisoni Pro leather pads with metal resonators. Saxquest, the St. Louis sax shop, adds double arms on the bell keys and a teardrop front F key to that list. PM Woodwind puts it in the introductory professional class, with features common on pro instruments and rare on student ones, and aims it at players who love the sax and play at church or at home. You'll see it in clear lacquer, matte, silver plate and black nickel. The Prelude TS711 is the other horn with that number, a student tenor for beginning band with a ribbed body and a detachable body-to-bow joint. Listings mix them up, and only the STS711 has the Paris neck.
Not a beginner's tenor. It suits a high school or adult player moving up from a student tenor, and if a cheap beginner listing says TS711, it's probably the Prelude student model.
Build and caseSTS711
Conn-Selmer publishes no serial table for Selmer USA saxophones, and the Selmer Paris chart doesn't apply, so a serial won't date one.
The Paris neck is what sets this horn apart, so make sure it's the one on the horn and that it hasn't been pulled down. Used ones still need the usual check for dried pads and lost adjustment.
More on this in our saxophone buying guide.
Buying guide
This page is the Selmer STS711, the step-up tenor with a neck and TMX2 mouthpiece made by Henri Selmer Paris, not the Prelude TS711 student tenor by Conn-Selmer that shares the number. No used STS711 is for sale right now, just at least 3 new ones from US dealers at $3,995–4,359 with free shipping, so the band is new pricing, not a used market read. A used one should ask well under those new prices, and before buying one you'd want photos of the actual horn, the Paris neck in place with no pull-down, and the pads. It isn't a beginner's tenor, and a cheap listing that just says TS711 is probably the Prelude student model.
$3,995.00delivered
The lowest new ask at $3,995 with free shipping from a 99.8% US dealer, in black nickel as titled. A new one comes with the Paris neck, a TMX2 mouthpiece and a backpack case.
Selmer STS711 Professional Tenor Saxophone - Black Nickel
$4,079.00delivered
New at $4,079 with free shipping from a 99.7% US dealer, $280 under the other dealer's lacquer one. The title doesn't name the finish, so ask which it is.
Selmer STS711 Professional Bb Tenor Saxophone
Delivered prices include shipping as eBay quoted it to a US address on Oct 12, 2026. Many sellers charge by distance, so your total may differ. eBay shows yours before you pay.
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Delivered prices include shipping as eBay quoted it to a US address on Oct 12, 2026. Many sellers charge by distance, so your total may differ. eBay shows yours before you pay.
New$3,995.00delivered
$3,995.00 · free shipping
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Good buy
New, black nickel as titled. Free shipping.
Seller: sweetwatersound
99.8% positive
New$4,079.00delivered
$4,079.00 · free shipping
Buy It Now$4,079.00
Good buy
New, finish not titled. Free shipping.
Seller: pianogalleryofidaho
99.7% positive
New$4,359.00delivered
$4,359.00 · free shipping
Buy It Now$4,359.00
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New, lacquer as titled. Free shipping.
Seller: sweetwatersound
99.8% positive
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