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Selmer AS411 Intermediate Alto Saxophone - Copper Brass

$ 1493.71

Availability: 76 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • MPN: SAS411C
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
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  • Brand: Selmer
  • Set Includes: 1
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  • Condition: New
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    Description

    Superb Selmer Intermediate Alto Sax
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    Selmer AS411 Intermediate Alto Saxophone - Copper Brass
    Eb Alto Saxophone with Brass Body And Keys, Ribbed Construction, High F# Key, Adjustable Thumb Rest, Hand Engraving, Mouthpiece, and Case - Copper Brass
    Superb Selmer Intermediate Alto Sax
    Optimized for smooth action and superior tone, the Selmer AS411 is an outstanding intermediate alto saxophone that boasts many of the advanced features found on the company’s professional models. Students love the AS411 for its lighter weight and easy playability, great intonation, and expressive, modern French sound; band directors love it for its rock-solid construction, which keeps it in the classroom and not in the shop. The acoustic response of Selmer AS411 is quick and fluid through all registers, while the neck is designed to provide modest resistance. This combination not only delivers high performance, but teachers also favor it for proper air stream and embouchure development. A popular choice for advancing saxophonists, the Selmer AS411 offers legendary Selmer quality at an amazingly affordable price. Indeed, many seasoned pros credit the critical time spent with their Selmer intermediate model as foundational to their successful careers. If you’re an alto player ready to take the next step in your musical evolution, the Selmer AS411 is an excellent choice.
    Quality and versatility to go the distance
    Saxophones designed for the up-and-coming player should provide a smooth transition from your student model while introducing professional features that enhance the myriad of playing techniques, from embouchure and wind control to fingering, that collectively produce the unique sound you are developing. With its smoothly ergonomic keywork and responsive action powered by blued steel springs — the professional standard for durable, perfectly tensioned keywork — the AS411 provides a sturdy platform for improving your fingering technique. As accessible as it is exceptional, the Selmer AS411 is an ideal intermediate alto saxophone, providing a primed canvas for forging your signature sound. Advancing saxophonists who play both classical and jazz, for instance, can choose an appropriate mouthpiece and reed — or even a specialized neck — to customize their horn for the music at hand. However you set it up, the AS411 delivers a fluency of tone with a crisp transition between notes. The solid tonal core delivered by the AS411 owes much to the instrument’s ribbed body construction.
    The benefits of ribbed body construction
    Integrating the multiple key posts into a single plate, ribbed body construction gives the tube higher mass (and hence more rigidity and durability), and requires somewhat more effort from the player. The AS411 employs a proprietary modification of this principle, so-called “mini ribs,” that makes the horn blow with lighter resistance than fully ribbed designs. This gives you the best of both worlds: a solid fundamental with rich tonal color along with the speed required to execute difficult passages. For experienced saxophonists with a more developed embouchure and sound concept, a free-blowing tube with moderate resistance provides a definite advantage. Although this type of construction typically presents a slightly increased initial resistance, it effectively gives you another level of resonance — an extra “gear,” if you will — to blow through for additional dynamic range and expression. Simply put, you can push the Selmer AS411 further, and it will go exactly where you want it to go.
    The Selmer legacy of quality and innovation
    As all modern saxophone designs are based on the Selmer platform, it’s instructive to take a look at the company’s history to understand its considerable influence on the instrument as we know it today. Conservatory-trained clarinetist Henri Selmer founded Henri Selmer Paris in 1885. Fashioning reeds and mouthpieces in his small workshop, he soon took on instrument repair and modifications, which eventually let to the design and manufacture of clarinets. In 1900, Selmer opened a retail shop in New York (the beginnings of Selmer USA). In 1922, Selmer introduced its first saxophone: the Model 22. In the ensuing decades, Selmer released industry-leading designs such as the Balanced Action, Super Action, Mark VI, and Reference 54, which have set the standard for what a modern saxophone should be. Listen to any iconic jazz recording by John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, (late period) Cannonball Adderley, Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker, Branford Marsalis, or Joshua Redman, and you will hear one of these legendary horns in action. Delivering exceptional value at every level, from student to professional, Selmer USA and Henri Selmer Paris offer a full line of woodwind and brass instruments. Sweetwater is proud to bring you Selmer’s rich legacy of quality and innovation.
    Selmer AS411 Intermediate Alto Saxophone Features:
    Yellow brass body, keys, neck, and bell
    Mini-ribbed body construction
    Highly responsive keywork
    Blued steel springs
    High F# key
    Treated leather pads
    Elegant hand engraving
    Selmer USA mouthpiece and backpack-style case included
    Specification
    Detail
    Key
    Eb
    Body Material
    Copper Brass
    Neck Material
    Copper
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