In around 1930, Bundy began marketing a subsidiary brand of Selmer USA instruments under his own name.Īccording to The Sax & Brass Boo k: saxo phones, trumpets and tro mbones in jazz, rock and pop:Īt first the Bundy line consisted of items imported into the US from various sources, some of good quality, but later Selmer made their own Bundy instruments in the US. The Bundy line of musical instruments owe their name to a Selmer employee by the name of George Bundy, who in 1918, had taken over the Selmer USA business when Alexandre Selmer returned to Paris. They were, arguably, the most popular student model saxophone brand until they were toppled from their throne by Yamaha. I’m not sure that there is a sax player, current or former, over the age of 30, who hasn’t at one time in his or her musical life, either played a Bundy, or sat next to someone, who played a Bundy saxophone.īundy, and then their slightly less popular successors, the Bundy II, were staples in most bandrooms in North America for decades.
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