Supreme x Selmer Alto Saxophone
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
About the original
The Selmer Alto Saxophone is a professional-grade woodwind instrument from Henri Selmer Paris, a French maker founded in 1885 by clarinet player Henri Selmer in the rue Margueritte workshop and run by the Selmer family for four generations. Selmer has been the standard for jazz and classical saxophonists since the Balanced Action of 1936 and the Mark VI of 1954, played by Coltrane, Parker, and Sonny Rollins. The FW2024 collab applied Supreme's red-and-white box logo to a production Selmer alto. The horn itself is the same instrument Selmer sells through authorized dealers worldwide; the collaboration is a cosmetic treatment, not a mechanical change. An original Selmer alto sells in the $4,000 to $8,000+ range depending on model (Axos, Supreme, Signature).
About Selmer
Selmer is a French musical-instrument manufacturer founded in 1885 by clarinetist Henri Selmer in Paris's Montmartre district. The company began making clarinet reeds and mouthpieces, opened its Paris repair shop in 1898, and started building saxophones with the Model 22 in late 1921. The Mark VI, produced from 1954 to 1974, remains the most sought-after professional saxophone on the secondary market, and the current Supreme model launched in 2022. Selmer Paris was family-owned until 2018, when Argos Wityu acquired the company. Supreme has collaborated with Henri Selmer Paris on a co-branded alto saxophone with custom etched engraving.
