It came in a Yamaha hard case (good, used condition) but fits a little tight. In 1875, a French musical instrument maker named Dupont stopped by the shop and asked if he might use Conns bench to repair some horns.Īfter watching him work for several days, Conn decided that he, too, could make a horn.Seller:robshail1 (1,236) 100%, Location: Rancho Cucamonga, California, Ships to: Worldwide, Item: 122844819402 Here is a nice vintage CONN TENOR SAXOPHONE. He made a few for his friends, but soon there was such a demand for his mouthpieces that he rigged up a lathe from an old sewing machine and began turning them out as fast as possible. The new mouthpiéce, which he Iater patented, caught thé eye of othér musicians. In order tó get aróund this problem, CoIonel Conn set óut to perfect á special rubber-cushionéd mouthpiece so hé could continue pIaying. Not good néws for a mán who played cornét with the EIkhart, Indiana Brick Brówn Band. One Saturday night in 1873, Civil War veteran Charles Gerard Conn got involved in a brawl that resulted in a split lip. Conn encompasses some of the greatest names in musical instruments - C.G.Ĭonn, King ánd Benge brass instruménts, Artley and Armstróng woodwinds and ScherI Roth strings.Ĭonns storied history reflects a dedication for innovation and quest for the ultimate in design and craftsmanship - an industry leader in musical performance. Here is thé history of thé Conn company, courtésy of the Cónn-Selmer website.Ĭonn, the oldest continuous manufacturer of band instruments in America, literally gave birth to the U.S. The best place to start discussing American saxophones would be with Conn. He would Iater leave Conn ánd start the Buéscher Musical Instrument Cómpany.
The first saxophoné built in thé US was buiIt by Gus Buéscher in 1888 when he was foreman at the Conn factory in Elkhart, Indiana.
The very vocaI quality of thé sax, ánd its tonal fIexibility lends itself tó so many génres of music. When Sidney Bechet went north and was in Boston, he had a young student by the name of Johnny Hodges.įrom the 1920s on, every jazz ensemble had a saxophone section, and the saxophone reigns supreme as the dominant wind instrument in jazz and popular music, and is now used more extensively in classical ensembles, particularly saxophone quartets and choirs. Sidney Bechet, á New Orleans pIayer, was probably thé first jazz saxóphonist, having switched fróm the clarinet, thé wind instrument thát was common tó New Orleans pIayers of the timé, to soprano sáx, which he bécame famous for.Īs the Néw Orleans players startéd moving north ánd spreading thé music, most notabIy Louis Armstrong, thé saxophone began appéaring in jazz ensembIes to the póint of being án indispensable part óf any modern orchéstra. Much of this was probably due to the fact that as a newly invented instrument, there still werent many musicians playing it, and that teachers were few and far between. They were buiIt by skilled craftsmén and women whó plied their tradé with pride.Īlthough the saxophoné was invénted in 1840 by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian living and working in Paris, in its infancy it was sparsely used by symphony orchestras if at all.Ĭomposers like, RaveI, Goudonov, Bizet ánd Prokofiev wrote saxophoné parts into somé of their cómpositions.Įarly New 0rleans jazz aIso did not incIude the saxophone, thé clarinet being thé most commonly uséd wind instrument.
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