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Came to MSU for grad school in the 70s and got to experience the Magic-Kelser era. Still live in Lansing. Had season hoops tickets from the last year in Jenison until this year, when we decided to...

Just got a rescue The Martin tenor: made in 1948. Was found inside an old highschool band case, which had been in a flood. It has numerous dents, and three tone holes collapsed. Key guard fell off. ...

The Cannonball Stone Series. Hee.

Yeah, he's pretty good--and he's my kid.

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It also may depend on the shape and volume of the neck. The angular accuteness in curvature of a neck may lead a horn to "favor" mouthpieces of certain characteristics. Same with necks of large...

Without actually measuring, I believe that the two necks that came with my Cannonball tenor have quite different curves. Given the same mouthpiece and reed combination, the fat neck with underslung...

i am down to one horn that I keep in the case, primarily because the silver tarnishes too readily. I remove mouthpieces and neck after thorough swabbing of both.

As someone who changes mouthpieces all too frequently (but with considerably less experience than you) I invariably find that it takes some time to make them speak fluently. I would give a new piece...

I'd say you've probably been eating too many mushrooms and have a fungus in your pip.

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I have a CB stone series tenor purchased new about two years ago and which I like very much. The fat neck produces great sound with larger mouthpieces (7*, etc.) I bought it because I wanted to...

I kept the JJ DV NY 7* and am using 3.0 ZZs.

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I use one on my Jody Jazz DV NY and with my Link STM.

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I've had my tenor JJ DV NY 7* for about a week and am satisfied with ZZ 3.0 reeds after trying various combinations.

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Stone Series Black/Silver tenor. I play the Phat Neque with a 7* Jody Jazz HR with 2.5 ZZs but am testing JJ DV and DVNY 7* with 3.0 ZZs. When I play the regular Cannonball neck I use the CB 5*...

I have a plain Jane nickel tenor numbered 247 xxx, and it is an early transitional made in 1931. No lady face, just the Conn name. So yours is a little newer, but still considered an early...

Hi, Randal:

I just bought a new black and silver Cannonball tenor. I also joined a local community band. Would you recommend the black neck and the Cannonball mouthpiece over the Fat Neck for...

My 1931 transitional tenor is marked (below the usual patent info):

T [for tenor]

M 247 xxx [serial number]

L [low pitch]

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For what it's worth from a beginner, I play an STM 6* with 2.5 ZZs on my Conn transitional tenor. I have experimented with synthetic reeds (Fibracell, Legere, etc.) but have settled on the ZZs as...

1931 transitional tenor (247 xxx), nickel, no engraving;
STM 6*; ZZ 2.5.

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Mine is a 1931 nickel tenor.