I need informacion abouth CONN alto

[milosr]

Ihave alto Conn with no model no. onli serial no C98 1.. and how I can find model and year for my sax. Thanks

[bandmommy]

Does your Conn alto have any words/pictures/? engraved on the bell?
Have you tried the serial number list on the Conn-Selmer website?
Many people find that list to be quite helpful.

As with every other horn that need identifying.....Photos are very helpful.

[bruce bailey]

It probably is a newer model. Does it have left side bell keys and shooting stars engraved?

[milosr]

left side bell keys, shooting stars engraved and USA

[SAXISMYAXE]

It's a 14M Conn Director student model commonly nicknamed "Shooting Star".

Are you saying that the ONLY numbers in the serial number read C98 1, because a proper, 5 digit serial number beginning with a "C" usually denotes that it was made in 1963/64.

Does it have wire keyguards, or sheet metal?

[milosr]

sheet metal.

[milosr]

where I can see model from 1964 With letter C at begining serial no.

[SAXISMYAXE]

Here is one off of Ebay currently:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage1964-Conn-Shooting-Star-Alto-SAX*MinRepairs-LOOK_W0QQitemZ160300343881QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ200 81123?IMSfp=TL081123133007r22324

Horns of this year of manufacture could also have wire keyguards like this one on Saxpics.com (A 50's era model, but the design w/ wire guards is identitical):
http://www.saxpics.com/?v=gal&a=506

Again, these are very commonly available student model horns, with varying opinions on their worth (as instruments). The monetary value is relatively modest.

[milosr]

he is same like model 50 M. I will be crazy very soon.

[SearjeantSax]

he is same like model 50 M. I will be crazy very soon.

er..
what????

[SAXISMYAXE]

From my understanding, the 50M was a Vito/Beaugnier made horn, branded by Conn as a 50M, and given the same Shooting Star engraving treatment and sheet metal keyguards of the 1964 and later Director models.

Although they are not exactly the same horn, both the Conn 14M and 50M served the same purpose as a student model, and are worth about the same.

[Enviroguy]

Does it look like this?



This is a 1969 Conn "Director" student model made in Nogalas, Arizona, USA with the shooting star engraving. These are consider very sturdy horns but with a lack-luster tone. The later Nogalas, Mexico saxophones are very different.

[Silvio Martin]

I have a Conn platte mate, from 1930, is anti ergonomic, and sounds good. In the back says Elkardt Indiana, and I buy very cheap, so I buy to make an ornament.

[stitch]

I have a Conn platte mate, from 1930, is anti ergonomic, and sounds good. In the back says Elkardt Indiana, and I buy very cheap, so I buy to make an ornament.

Hey Silvio, if you're not going to play it, I'm sure there are people here who might like to buy it from you - me for one!

[milosr]

I can not see that wite botom clean. Can you make fokus on that part of sax.

[milosr]

sorry, button

[SAXISMYAXE]

If you are referring to the white button on the low C keyguard (also found on the low Eb and B/Bb guards), that is simply a plastic, faux mother of pearl ornament found on the later Director models with sheet metal guards, and serves no purpose other than decorative.