Who made my Wurlitzer?

[n9yty]

Please forgive me, but I'm new to the Sax in general, and the one I picked up is a Wurlitzer C Melody. I intentionally got the CMel, because I also play (mostly Irish) music on the flute (classical and Irish) and piano accordion, so I didn't really want to deal with transposing instruments.

It is a Wurlitzer with a curved neck like a tenor, Serial number 157054. How can I go about determining who may have made it?

Thanks!

[Stencilman]

It is going to be one of these top 3: Buescher, Martin or Conn. If it does not have bevelled tone holes (significant taper at the top of the hole), it is definately not a Martin. If it doesn't have a "Mercedes" style key guard of the low C key, it is most likely not a Conn. If neither of these features are present, it is probably a Buescher. Every "Wurlitzer American" C-Melody or C-Soprano I've seen was made by Buescher.

Finally, the best thing to do is go to www.saxpics.com and compare your sax to the pictures of the manufacturers.

[n9yty]

Thank you for the pointers!

Also, after poking around here a little bit more, I found another posting here which mentioned the beveled tone holes, which my sax has...

So, it looks like it's a Martin. Now, is that good or bad? <grin>

Thanks!

[Stencilman]

Martin made great horns. I haven't played any other C-Melody so I can't say whether Conns or Bueshers play any better.