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A Conn 'Pan American' alto saxophone, manufactured circa 1948. This saxophone has a similar body to a Conn 6M and keywork which is reminiscent of a Conn New Wonder. The company was founded in 1917 by Carl Dimond Greenleaf, (July 27, 1876, Wauseon, Ohio - July 10, 1959, Elkhart, Indiana) who was president of C.G. Conn. Greenleaf was expanding ...
In 1930 the Pan American company was absorbed by C. G. Conn, with C. G. Conn retaining and utilizing the Pan American brand for its second-line instruments until 1955. By 1920 C. G. Conn was producing a complete line of saxophones. In this area they had stiff competition from other big saxophone makers such as Buescher and Martin. Around 1917 C ...
The Selmer Mark VI is a saxophone produced from 1954 to 1981. Production shifted to the Mark VII for the tenor and alto in the mid-1970s (see discussion of serial numbers below), and to the Super Action 80 for the soprano and baritone saxophones in 1981. The sopranino saw limited production until about 1985.
A major selling point for the C melody saxophone was the fact that in contrast to other saxophones, it was not a transposing instrument.As a result, the player could read regular printed music (e.g. for flute, oboe, violin, piano, guitar or voice) without having to transpose or read music parts that have been transposed into B ♭ or E ♭, which most other saxophones would require.
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The Selmer "Cigar Cutter" is the saxophone that was produced by the Selmer Company between 1930 and 1933. A cigar cutter saxophone will have a serial number ranging from 11951 to 18700 stamped on the side of the bell.
Vito Alto Saxophone Model 7131 Japan Stamped Serial Numbers. These serial numbers ignore the leading zeros at the start of the serial numbers. 1970 1-500 1971 501-2155 1972 2156-3529 1973 3530-4421 1974 4422-12000 1975 12001-25603 1976 25604-30827 1977 30828-33947 1978 33948-38844 1979 38845-42434 1980 42435-47975 1981 47976-52455 1982 52456 ...
A silver-plated Conn 'New Wonder' Series II tenor saxophone, with a serial number which dates manufacture to 1934. It is a very late "Transitional" model tenor sax with split bell-keys, and was manufactured just before production of the Conn 10M started. Berry played a tenor saxophone almost identical to this one.