1921 Conn New Wonder Series I alto sax low pitch
1921 Conn New Wonder Series I alto sax in low pitch
I picked this up from a goodwill and now I'm so interested in finding out the history of this great piece of history.
After Researching and the help of a new friend Mike, The horn I have has a strange uniquie serial stamp to it. It is missing the 1914 William S. Haynes drawn tone hole patent stamp. And if you notice is above the L is between the 7 and the 6. I was thinking this might have been made for the US Military.
The strangest element is the bell engraving. In the picture it has the much later 6M "Artist" style bell engraving usually only found on the 30's and 40's so called "Lady Face" horns, but not on the New Wonder horns of the 20's!
I can see on the horn that there was an older artist style engraving and the one you can see in the picture is over the older one, I might have to try to get a better picture to show you this detail!
I think that someone engraved over the original one. And I can see evidence of a previous one under the newer looking engraving that was extending on the bell further than the newer looking engraving. Has anyone ever seen one like the stamped seriel numbers like the one in my pictures?
The closest pictures of Serial numbers I could find are posted as well, and leads me to believe more that it might have been made for the US Military.
Thank you for your time and help
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