Vintage Conn Alto

jonf

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Vintage Conn alto, in silver plate. It's marked up as 'The Professional' and sold by Hawkes, but it's very much a Conn sax. It's a silver plate on and is in pretty good nick considering it's a ninety year old sax. Has straight tone holes, which many techs reckon is better than rolled. It is/has
  • Front F (not all of that vintage do)
  • Blue steel springs
  • Gordon Beeson pads
  • Forked F which still seals!
  • Neck is straight and undented
  • Dent free body (some signs of dent removal on the bottom bow, but not much, and good for its age
  • Most silver still there
  • Clearly marked as low pitch
  • Original case, which is a bit worn and losing its vinyl but still has all its corner protectors, original catches, and amazingly, original handle.
I gave the sax a good blast last night, and it has a great tone. Worked well with a modern mouthpiece, too, I used it with a Yanagisawa metal 7 and a RHS 2h reed, which was great. I was able to play it right through the range easily, but I am a loud and unsubtle player - someone a little less leather-lunged than me might find the odd leak, and I do think the bell key pads could do with reseating. Pads generally are sealing but some are looking pretty tired and will need replacing soon.

You could play this now and wait for something to need doing (as I said, I was blasting out on it last night). Or you could have a couple of pads changed and the bell keys reseated and it'll play great. You could even have it completely repadded and have a superb vintage sax for the cost of a cheapo modern. Personally, if I was keeping it I'd go for the middle option. I would keep it but for the fact that I have 15 saxes at present.

So, a classic, genuine vintage sax from Conn at a fraction of the price of a 6m. Reflecting the fact that it will need a little TLC at some point soon, price is a bargain at £190. Postage will be extra. Buyer to pay PayPal fees or pay by bank transfer. Collection from central London is an option. Donation of 5% to forum fundraising.

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