Comes with original case only suitable for shipping; it is badly beaten and has a foul odor. No mouthpiece included, but I have many tenor mouthpieces for sale, including several that work well with this horn.
$850 / offer
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This is a silver-plated Conn New Wonder Tenor saxophone from about 1922
(these are identical in bore and almost every other way to the so-called
Chu horns except for a couple of subtle keywork changes). The yellow in
the pix is from lighting...the silver-plate on this horn is ~85-90%. It has rolled
tone holes, and the fork Eb is working perfectly. It has been
restored to excellent playing condition; I have been playing it regularly
(mostly R&B stuff with this horn) and it is breaking in nicely. It had
some previous repairs (neck octave key is pinned, bell brace resoldered)
which were solid. It came to me with some external corrosion to the back
which caused me to apply some patches to very thin areas (all external; the
inside bore is pristine). These are documented in the detailed
pictures.
It has all new pads (not Resopads but same style resonators), corks and
felts. It had some replating in the past, but the engraving is still very
sharp, although plated over (see pix). The Eb and C key have original
pearl rollers, but the table keys have new nylon rollers. Plating is
possibly not all original. There are very few dents or
dentwork on this horn...just a few pencil point types here and there. From
5 feet this horn looks great and has a nice presence. The intonation is
excellent, and it has that gutsy Conn thing going...easy to get that sexy
Lester sound.
Comes with original case only suitable for shipping; it is badly beaten and has a foul odor. No mouthpiece included, but I have many tenor mouthpieces for sale, including several that work well with this horn. |
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$850 / offer |
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