ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Selmer group

Okay, so do you know what a music instrument is? Like a piano or a guitar or a flute? Well, a Selmer Group is kind of like a big family of companies that make really special and fancy music instruments. They started a long time ago in France with a man named Henri Selmer who wanted to make the best saxophones possible.

So, imagine you really love playing the saxophone and you want to have the best one to play on. Well, the Selmer Group tries to make the very best saxophones (and other instruments too!) that they can. They use special materials and they pay attention to all the little details to make sure the instruments sound really good.

The Selmer Group isn't just in France though, they have factories in other places like the United States and Japan too. They also make other things that musicians use, like reeds and mouthpieces.

So, when someone wants to buy a really special and high-quality instrument, they might look for one made by the Selmer Group. And when musicians play on these instruments, they might feel really inspired to make beautiful music!