Conn Soprano Neck

[SuiZen]

I just received a curved Conn soprano with a fixed (soldered) neck.

When I hold it in from of me, balanced with two thumbs and strap, the mouthpiece points over my right shoulder about 30 degrees from center.

Does anyone know why Conn angled the neck to one side, rather than to a more "centered" position? Any tips on how to hold it?

Bill

[Thomas]

There's nothing wrong with your horn--your strap must be bent!

[SuiZen]

Thomas,

Correct, there's nothing wrong with the sax. I was using the description, with the strap, to give an orientation of the neck. I'm curious as to why Conn would have choosen to fix the neck at such a large angle from what I consder center.

Bill

[Bootman]

My Conn Curved is very nicely balanced on the strap.

[Thomas]

SuiZen
I was Joking......

[SuiZen]

Bootman,

When it's nicely balanced, before putting the mouthpiece in your mouth, does the mouthpiece point directly to your mouth? Is your original position, fixed neck?

Bill

[SuiZen]

Bootman,

When it's nicely balanced, before putting the mouthpiece in your mouth, does the mouthpiece point directly to your mouth? Is your original position, fixed neck?

Bill

[SuiZen]

I looked at the sax from a different perspective.

The neck is centerered. It is the left & right thumb rests, and strap loop that are left of center. The two thumb rests and strap loop form a straight line.

Sorry for the confusion. Makes sense to me now.

Bill

[Bootman]

The sax is balanced so that it hangs slightly to the right, I believe this is done so that it is more comfortable to play as far as hand placement is concerned. My Conn Curved is also the 3 seperate palm key model, not the inline model. This also makes the instrument noticeable easier to play in terms of comfort.

[SuiZen]

Bootman,

Any tips on hand position to reach the lower C-key with the right hand little finger (pinky)?

Bill

[Straightsax]

All I can think of is that the hook for the neck strap is positioned so it plays like a side sax. On bigger models the ring on some horns is positioned that way so one can sit down and play the sax in a section sitting down. BUT, a curved soprano isn't that big to cause an adult to have that problem. Maybe the horn was specially made for a child prodigy. A repair man can change it back for you so that you can play it straight out.

Just a wild guess.

Peace,

Straightsax

[SuiZen]

It's amazing how raising my head up a little, helped make it easier to reach the low C key with my pinky.

Bill

[OnyxSax]

My Conn curved (26,xxx) has a detachable neck. It's kind of odd that they switched from that design. With the octave key centered, the neck does point off to the right.