There’s a couple of weeks’ adjustment period where your muscle memory has to learn some new tricks. The nice thing about a Conn when setup well is that it comes to feel remarkably modern under the fingers. Many folks have never played a saxophone that was all the way right, so they don’t know what they’re missing until they play one that finally is.
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Many years into GetASax, I am only more convinced than I ever have been that you just have to get a good overhaul on your saxophone (vintage or modern) in order to experience it at full potential. Conns from the mid 20’s on up to WWII (and beyond) are remarkably well built and are consistently great players once you get them properly overhauled. I think they turn out to play better than almost any other Conns I have played, time and time again. If you read around GetASax, you will know that I really like Matt Stohrer’s saxophone overhauls, and if anything, I like them particularly much on Conns. The original neck is in excellent condition as well. The horn is really nice and clean, with no dents or dings, no resolders, no serious current or past damage evident. It’s original lacquer, and there’s only some minor play wear here and there, and a bit of oxidation in the bell engraving. This is a beautiful condition pre-war Conn 10M tenor saxophone that is currently getting overhauled. The newer Softpacks don’t fit a 10M as well, but this one does. Matt is about two years backed up with pros wanting their horns overhauled, so his overhauls can be hard to come by, and his work is worth paying for I think! You also get the BAM Softpack which fits this horn well. The overhaul is part of the cost of this horn. It just whispers and fills the room at the same time! And if you push it, it really goes noticeably louder than other tenors without backing down. It has a beautifully saturated low Bb even at ppp volume. The intonation is frankly great! Better than a lot of modern horns.īut the tone is the reason to play a Conn like this. Once you get used to it, you can play as fast on a Conn as on anything. The tone is so hard to beat (Go listen to Dexter in his Conn period and see what I mean.) The keywork is also quite comfortable (though not modern). Beautiful condition, original lacquer, best vintage, best overhaul, best model and brand of horn. Add that to the fact that Conns like this are among the best playing tenors ever made, and you’ve got a horn that really checks all the boxes. This beautiful Conn 10M tenor is one of the nicer original lacquer pre-war examples that you will see! And it just got Matt Stohrer’s excellent overhual done on it.
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