Henri Selmer Paris company is a French family-owned enterprise, manufacturer of musical instruments based at Mantes-la-Ville near Paris, France in 1885. It is known for its high-quality woodwind and brass instruments, especially saxophones, clarinets and trumpets. The Selmer Paris brand was preferred by many well-known saxophonists such as Marcel Mule, Claude Delangle, Frederick Hemke, John Coltrane, Paul Desmond, Herschel Evans, and Coleman Hawkins.
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