burnt through the tone hole? wow, thats bad. its definatly a conn, but you said the neck was different? thats weird, since conn was the only maker to put them on their horns, and the only place i know of to have the neck with a microtuner redone is gloger. in other words, if its unplayable, no, dont get it. if it can be salvaged, it might be worth it.

Tis a strange beast. Would Conn have produced any horns without stamping their name on it? The tone hole concerns me but it's one of those things that I won't know if it's beyond repair until I buy the thing and strip it down. Also with the microtuner, every other Conn I've seen has got 2 knurls on the barrel, this one has 3. Whether that is of any significance I don't know, but it seems odd that there is that sort of difference along with some of the other odd things that this horn has eg the lack of brands/stamps/manufacturing info. I've been searching the internet since I first saw the horn and I can't find any reference to "The Melody" anywhere. Ahhh the confusion of it all...

Sounds like a Kohlert/Keilwerth/Graslitz stencilled horn. They made horns with micro tuners and rolled tone holes. I know some of their stencilled horns came with rolled tone holes but micro tuners, I have only seen on horns with their actual name on it. But these guys stencilled for a lot of companys which is why I think this is one of their's. Is there a Made in Germany stamp on it? I haven't seen your photos, didn't want to subscribe to download.