The Selmer Company was a manufacturer of musical instruments started in Paris, France in the early 1900s. Selmer was known for its high-quality woodwind instruments, especially saxophones and clarinets. The Selmer brand was preferred by many well-known jazz artists such as Django Reinhardt, John Coltrane, Paul Desmond, Benny Goodman, Aaron Steinberg, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Armstrong, and Harry James.
