Saxophones Conn 10m.... Could this be the one?

[Pete Effamy]

I have 10M for sale listed in yardsale....it in really good shape and plays great..

I can’t find the Yard Sale…

 

[teen37]

I can’t find the Yard Sale…

There's a 10m for sale on taming the sax, not sure if it's his though🤷

 

[Pete Effamy]

I can’t find the Yard Sale…

Took me a while to find it. @teen37 as you say, under the Taming The Saxophone page rather than the Cafe, and then under classifieds rather than Yard Sale.

 

[teen37]

Took me a while to find it. @teen37 as you say, under the Taming The Saxophone page rather than the Cafe, and then under classifieds rather than Yard Sale.

This is what got me started on this whole post to be honest Pete 🙄😂 I saw that ad and started looking on YouTube to see what it sounded like and I liked it 😉🎷

 

[Pete Thomas]

Took me a while to find it. @teen37 as you say, under the Taming The Saxophone page rather than the Cafe,

No it’s listed as Yardsale directly in the Cafe saxophone discussion menu > Forum sections. TTS has a feed but it’s not as reliable as the direct listings here in the Yardsale.

 

[thomsax]

When it comes to old "vintage" saxes I recommend to buy from a shop with a good repairdept/ or from a reairman that sell saxes as well.

Buy "ready to play" saxes. A sax 60-80 years old that's been played a lot over the years, needs ,more or less, a complete mechanical renovation and a proper set-up. These saxes are expensive. Maybe it's possible to buy two used YTS 62 or two Yani T-880 for the same money as one vintage horn.

I have just test-played one of the "vintage" saxes I've bought over the years; "The Martin Magna Tenor". I was lucky! It was a good player in good condition, still is, when I bought it. The other vintage saxes I had better players than me to test-play. I bought most of the saxes from USA.

My best tenor I bought ready to play, 1995, from Progressive Winds, NJ, USA. I think it was one of the guys at Tenor Madness that made the renovation. I've just done two reapairs on the Martin HC -38: Replaced the neck cork and the palm F pad. I bought extra De'jur Deluxe pads the other years so I could replace the pads with the same pads which were installed when it was renovated.

Here is a place you can buy good saxes from: Barnard Instrument Repair

I hope I didn't killed the sax search for you.

 

[thomsax]

A video about one of the worst saxes. Amati used to be considered to be bad. Not by me. I like Amati and B&S.

You can always have a Conn as a back-up sax.

View: https://youtu.be/kr5ZSFe_pO0?si=BjYwyllQTQsjpENa

 

[JayeNM]

Musical instruments.....funny things.

People can absolutely fall in love with them on a playtest or two at someone's house or a shop....then get home and use it or play it in their band, then over a short period of time...

The Thrill is Gone.

Something which they though they heard, the cannot now find. Perhaps a note fingering which they ran thru quickly before now feels ergonomically strange. Maybe intonation now doesn't quite seem what it initially did. Maybe the upper register sounds less...whatever....you get the idea...

One can always sell it. If it is a somewhat reputed model, familiar...you'd probably be able to turn it for within 10-15% of what you paid for it. Unless you paid brand new retail price....

So it isn't like you got soaked for your decision....

So, IMHO, not a HUGE commitment, buying a new horn....

 

[Pete Effamy]

Years ago, a student of mine had a Dearman alto. It buzzed like crazy everywhere - such a great funk / pop horn.

 

[Merryfisher]

There's a 10m for sale on taming the sax, not sure if it's his though🤷

I thought I had it advertised in the Yard Sale section of this forum, I have just looked and it is not there...guess i must have never put it up...my bad 🫣. I will post it up if I can work out how

There's a 10m for sale on taming the sax, not sure if it's his though🤷

 

[Pete Thomas]

It's still there:

Saxophone FS - Conn 10M Tenor Saxophone

1952 Conn 10M, plays great all the way up and down, in good condition, price reduction to £1800, buyer collection only.

cafesaxophone.com

 

[thomsax]

I have met younger players who spend thier money on a "dreamhorn". The right brand, model, patina ....... just one problem the saxes were not playing well. A used S20 (cleveland, no fully pearl tenor, double socket "silver" neck) that was making bubbles when he played. A SML Rev D tenor what was ready for the bench. Both saxes were bought for c 20. 000 sek (15 years ago). To turn these saxes to better players than a good used YTS 62 or a Yani T-880 they had to spend 12.000 -16.000 s e k.

 

[LostCircuits]

There is only one correct answer: 42

 

[JayeNM]

I have met younger players who spend thier money on a "dreamhorn". The right brand, model, patina ....... just one problem the saxes were not playing well. A used S20 (cleveland, no fully pearl tenor, double socket "silver" neck) that was making bubbles when he played. A SML Rev D tenor what was ready for the bench. Both saxes were bought for c 20. 000 sek (15 years ago). To turn these saxes to better players than a good used YTS 62 or a Yani T-880 they had to spend 12.000 -16.000 s e k.

Well, wait , tho....that was the 'fault' of both the buyer and the seller.

Had nothing to do with the fact they were vintage horns.

The sellers sold horns which were not in good play shape.

The buyers purchased horns which they had not gotten the necessary assurances on. They didn't ask the requisite questions a buyer must ask.

Just saying.