couesnon tenor - help required dating this instrument please

[griff136]

Hi

Ive just bought a Couesnon silverplate tenor sax in remarkable condition and the regulating feels good. I have completely stripped it down to give it a good clean and have it re sprung and repadded. It has the brass thumbrest with an "N " stamped on the top and the following engraving on the right hand side of the bell:

"exposition universelle de paris" in a scroll with a medal hanging underneath with 1900 engraved inside.

underneath:

HORS CONCOURS
MEMBRE DU JURY

then an oval with what looks like a monogram with SMG?

below

COUESNON & Cie
FOURNISSEUERS DE L'ARMEE
94 RUE D'ANGOULEME
PARIS

BELOW

an acorn/flaming grenade (v small ) with 24 inside.

It has rolled tone holes on the bow only.
there are no serial numbers anywhere else on the body or crook.

I have some pictures if anyone is interested and if anyone could give me some more information on this nice french horn, It would be appreciated.

Regards

Griff

[stitch]

According to the info on saxpics' site, the number inside the 'pineapple' is the year of manufacture - so yours would be 1924.

Have the other RTHs been filed down, or was it made like that?

[morgan]

Try looking for the serial number in between the tone holes around F or so.

[griff136]

Stitch - so mines a 1924 model then! re the tone holes they dont look like theyve been filed down.

Morgan - theyres definately no numbers around anywhere on this instrument. thanks anyhew