Mark VI - French vs. US engraving

[CSharp]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if there is a difference in Mark VI's that have the French engraving vs. Mark VI's with the US engraving.

Thanks!

[Dave dix]

Same horn,different engraving.The mk6 was un-engraved and the engraving was an optional extra.Selmer supplied the US factory with un-engraved horns and they did their own engraving or not(depending on the customers request)
Dave

[GenericGuy]

Also a darker shade of lacquer used on the American horn. Since the American Mark VI was shipped disassembled and re-assembled in Elkhart there is a serial number on the neck for tracking reasons (on the early/middle serial necks.) But the American and European horns are the same parts, same brass, all originally manufactured in Paris.

American engraving is prettier IMHO.

[AMASAX]

do a search, this topic has been brought up MANY times...

[CSharp]

AMASAX -

Searching for Mark VI Engraving yielded over 100 pages in results. That's why I posted my question. Sorry for being redundant and perhaps you could give me an example of keywords that would retrieve a more specific subset.

Thanks