- Selmer Super Balanced Action (SBA) Alto 36xxx 1948 (SOLD!!!)
Selmer Super Balanced Action (SBA) Alto 36xxx 1948 (SOLD!!!)
1948 36XXX Selmer Super Balanced Action Alto in great condition and plays superb! I have owned a few of these and for me this is probably my favourite. It has no lacquer like many of these now (its nearly 80 years old!) but I have polished and applied a restorer's wax to help it patina slowly over time, a great way to help preserve the metal without relacquering. It has had a full mechanical overhaul with fresh Pisoni pads, seamless domed metal reflectors, new blued metal springs, corks and felts. I have also soldered a preventative patch near the RH thumbrest to stop wear on the body tube as the origional thumbrests tend to be too small and I find its easier to do this now rather than in a few years when the customer has worn a hole there - completely removable!