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CMelodyMan
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 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject: Favorite Vintage American Horn |
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What is your favorite vintage American horn? Mine is probably the Buescher Truetone.
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JPSaxMan
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The Conn's seem to be my most favorite among the Buescher's 
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| King Super 20 |
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Bariman
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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Conn New Wonder series 1 and 2, and early M series.
The true tones are absolute steals on the market today, offering mucho bang for the buck.
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MACTENOR
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King Super 20 followed very close by Conn 10M
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reisio
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| Mark VI |
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saxismyaxe
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Errrrr..........Reisio, the Selmer MkVI is a French made horn, not vintage American. I have examples of all of the American made horns/models, and I will always love the Conns, Kings and Bueschers, but I am becoming more and more solidly enamored with the MARTIN COMMITTEES in my collection.
Don't hold me to it though. I could never part with any of them.
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acdcgraphics
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:03 am Post subject: My Beast!!! |
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It's not a pro horn, but I absolutely LOVE my 1964 Conn Director tenor. It's got the hugest bell, and what a whopper of a horn, in weight and sound, but I can get it to be so tender and soft, a la Ben Webster. It's just a peach-- albeit a BIG PEACH. But hey, I'm 5' 1" so it looks like a bari on me. LOL.
Oh, in our community band, one of the other members, a gentleman has his original Martin Indiana-- he had it new in the late 50's in High School, and he said about 15 years ago, he had it completely restored. It was so gorgeous. What a sound, too. Nothing sounds like an old horn to me, be it a clarinet or a sax!
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Bariman
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Some of the last good Conn's were made in the mid 60's. At that time period, it becomes a situation of the specific horn rather than the overall productions. IE, when you find a good one, it will be fairly cheap.
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acdcgraphics
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject: No joke... |
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Bariman:
Yes, that's just what my repairman said when I told him I was going to take another chance on Ebay-- that if it was stamped Made in Mexico, that I was taking a chance. But he looked up the serial on Lars Kimser's serial site and confirmed it was built in the USA. Actually, he told me it was one of the last good Conns. He let me try his Buescher Top Hat & Cane and his Selmer Mark VI and frankly, the octave key on the Selmer was a turn-off. I guess it's my clarinet background, but my Conn's octave key is a tear-drop right above the thumbrest, just like a clarinet-- very comfy for me!
I digress. I was getting to the point that I only paid $300 for it, and I have seen Mexi-Conns- same model but much later made in Nogales for MORE! I saw a 1962 one for $1200-- so I feel very , very fortunate.
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Bariman
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Yes, that is a good price. Most people get turned off when they learn that a Conn was made after 1960, but as your story proves, have patience and an open mind, and you can get an excellent horn for an exceedingly low price.
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| I love my 1937 Conn Conqueror- really dark and heavy sound. Of others, I've only really experienced a couple of old 1940s Martins, which didn't really seem to cut it with me, but maybe they were just duff models, who knows. Just thought I'd drop that in!!! |
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