Private holdings · By invitation
The Mark VI Room
Behind the brass door of 7 W 45th sits Roberto's personal vault — a small chamber holding 7 of the rarest saxophones we've ever kept off the shop floor. Shown by appointment, one player at a time.
Why the room exists
Horns this rare aren't browsed. They're handled.
Hands on every key
Take the horn out of the case yourself. Play it through your own mouthpiece. No glass between you and the brass.
Shop-serviced in-house
Every piece in the room has been overhauled by our techs. Pads, corks, felts — checked the week of your visit.
Pieces you won't find listed
These horns never hit our public catalog. The room is the only way to see them, hear them, or buy them.
The collection
7 pieces, one room
Scroll through Roberto's personal holdings. Reserve any piece to handle it in person.
130th Anniversary Selmer Alto Saxophone — 777XXX
A 130th Anniversary Selmer alto from the celebrated Mark VI lineage. Focused core, effortless response — the benchmark every modern horn is measured against.
1922 Conn New Wonder Series 1 Baritone — Gold Plated
Original gold plate in remarkable condition. Pre-war Conn craftsmanship — vocal, rich, unmistakable. A baritone that stops conversation.
1927 Conn New Wonder Gold-Plated Alto
Gold-plated alto with hand-engraved bell. As much a piece of decorative art as a working instrument — and it sings.
1927 Buescher Union Label Alto — 225XXX
True-Tone alto with original lacquer largely intact. Sweet, woody altissimo and rock-solid intonation across the horn.
1924 Conn New Wonder Series 1 Tenor — 131,XXX
From the New Wonder Series 1 line that defined the early jazz-age tenor sound. Recently overhauled in our shop and ready to record.
1926 Conn New Wonder II Soprano — 168XXX
Curved soprano with a vocal, fluid voice. Restored in-house — pads, corks and felts replaced by our shop.
Conn C-Melody — Restored
A 'songbook' horn for the living-room player. The C-Melody outsold pianos in the 1920s — every middle-class American parlor had one.
How a visit works
Three steps. Brass door to brass horn.
Reserve
Pick a piece, pick a weekday slot. We confirm by email within the hour.
Visit
Buzz the brass door at 7 W 45th. Roberto walks you up to the vault personally.
Play
30 minutes alone with the horn. Bring your mouthpiece. No pressure to buy.
From the visitors' book
"I came to look. I left with a 1922 Conn baritone and a story I'll tell for the rest of my life. Roberto runs the most generous viewing room in New York."
By invitation
The door is brass.
The horn is waiting.
Hold your private slot now. No card, no deposit — just a confirmed time to come play.