Conn Connqueror 26M alto sax

[Jeanette]

Please can you confirm if this is still for sale?

Thanks

Jx

 

[Juju]

Yes, still for sale...

 

[Stephen Howard]

I have a strange request...

If you're amenable/have the time - can you take a shot looking down the bore of the horn so that the body octave key tube is visible?
I've got one in for a rush service, and I suspect that someone might have filed the body octave tube down. If I could get a look at another example I can decide whether to leave well alone or sort it out.

Cheers!

 

[vries1]

I use champagne cork for that and unless you shake the horn after filling it with some bubbly liquidit holds tight!

But your right. Never to careful...

So that is the French leak test! My imagination is just too limited...

 

[GCinCT]

So that is the French leak test! My imagination is just too limited...

The American leak test is to give confidential information to all your trusted associates and see if it ends up on social media.

 

[Juju]

Oops, sorry I only just saw this, I'm not very often in the forum at the moment, do you still want the shot (it's quite a mission to get the horn out)...

 

[Stephen Howard]

It would be handy
There's no rush though, the horn's gone back - but I told the client I'd follow it up as and when I had some data.

 

[beskow]

Hi Juju,

Do you still have the 26m for sale? When was it overhauled, and who did the overhaul? Was the lacquer chemically stripped, or was the sax buffed (i.e. are all toneholes undamaged and level)? Are all permadjust-feets present and functional? Is the microtuner operating properly, with no excessive play?

I also play a 30m which is absolutely gorgeous, but it costed my tech guy lots of hours to get it in decent shape.

Best regards
/Björn

 

[Juju]

At last... Took me ages to get the horn out and take some pics (no idea whether this is what you were looking for, Stephen!). This is just into teh bell, If I try to take a pic from the top end I can't see a thing. But maybe you can send me a pic in order do demonstrate what you would like to see...
Sooo, in the process, when I got the horn out, I played it for a bit and, surprise, absolutely fell in love with it! It's just like a mini-version of my 30M
@Björn: I can't answer any of your questions as I had bought it after all those things had been done. The only thing I know is that the microtuner totally gets on my nerves and I keep it in one position where it stays and just adjust the mouthpiece as you would if there was no microtuner...
Anyway, I'm afraid I want to keep it now, so it's not for sale anymore, but if we could keep this thread open until I have a reply from Stephen that would be fab!
Juju

 

[scotsman]

Good decision Juju!!

 

[Juju]

Good decision Juju!!

It's funny how I never realised the potential (but then I only tried it briefly after I had bought it and decided that I didn't like it..).
While I love my Zephyr Alto it has polar opposite intonational tendencies compared to my 30M, and I hardly ever play alto, so I need an alto that I can get out of the case and just play if required. The 26M is so similar to my 30M I can actually play it reasonably in tune. And the keywork just feels identical, too

 

[Jeanette]

Anyway, I'm afraid I want to keep it now, so it's not for sale anymore, but if we could keep this thread open until I have a reply from Stephen that would be fab!
Juju

@Stephen Howard

Jx

 

[beskow]

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At last... Took me ages to get the horn out and take some pics (no idea whether this is what you were looking for, Stephen!). This is just into teh bell, If I try to take a pic from the top end I can't see a thing. But maybe you can send me a pic in order do demonstrate what you would like to see...
Sooo, in the process, when I got the horn out, I played it for a bit and, surprise, absolutely fell in love with it! It's just like a mini-version of my 30M
@Björn: I can't answer any of your questions as I had bought it after all those things had been done. The only thing I know is that the microtuner totally gets on my nerves and I keep it in one position where it stays and just adjust the mouthpiece as you would if there was no microtuner...
Anyway, I'm afraid I want to keep it now, so it's not for sale anymore, but if we could keep this thread open until I have a reply from Stephen that would be fab!
Juju

I see, thanks for lettimg me know.
All the best
/Björn

 

[Stephen Howard]

At last... Took me ages to get the horn out and take some pics (no idea whether this is what you were looking for, Stephen!).

Other end

Here's a shot of the thing I'm interested in - seen here being cleaned out. It's the body octave tube, which pokes through the wall of the body into the bore.

 

[Jeanette]

@Juju is this still for sale?

Jx