That doesn't surprise me. That's because Selmer hasn't made the mark VI in over 30 years. Most of the kids in your school were born in the late 1980's and early 1990's. They started out on Yamaha 23's, Jupiters, the S Series Selmers, or Taiwan's finest (or worse). Many kids today look at a Mark VI as a beat up old relic not fit to play! Of course, some of the horns may be in need of repair, but kids today look at a shiney new Monique, or a Schill, or one of the other cheap saxophones on ebay and think "It's new and it's pretty so it must be better than the school's beat-up Mark VI, or dad's old Conn or Buescher......WRONG!