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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Founder | Henri Selmer |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Thierry Oriez |
| Products | Woodwind instruments: saxophones, clarinets and mouthpieces |
Number of employees | 450+ (2019)[1] |
| Parent | Conn-Selmer |
| Website | www |
Henri Selmer Paris is a French enterprise, manufacturer of musical instruments based at Mantes-la-Ville near Paris. Founded in 1885, it is known as a producer of professional-grade woodwind and brass instruments, especially saxophones, clarinets and trumpets. Henri Selmer Paris was family-owned until 2018, when it was sold to Argos-Wityu.[2]
Selmer Paris saxophones have been played by many well-known artists such as Marcel Mule, Claude Delangle, Frederick Hemke, Charlie Parker,[3] John Coltrane, Paul Desmond, Herschel Evans, Zoot Sims,[4] Michael Brecker, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman and Coleman Hawkins. Benny Goodman played a Selmer clarinet early in his career.
- ^ "Our company". Selmer Paris. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Argos Wityu has Completed the Acquisition of Henri Selmer Paris, from its Founding Family". Argos Wityu. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
- ^ Tercinet, Alain (1998). Parker's Mood (in French). Editions Parenthèses. p. 25. ISBN 978-2-863646113. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ Balliett, Whitney (2006). American Musicians II: Seventy-One Portraits in Jazz. University Press of Mississippi. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-578068340. Retrieved 27 July 2018 – via Google Books.