I thought Yorks were made in Grand Rapids, MI - or maybe they were just stenciled there.

Looks like a tenor to me. My guess is that it's a Buescher stencil. Sax Maniac is right about the Yorks being made in Grand Rapids. The original Yorks were, but they were not a very good horn. The later Yorks were made by Buescher or Conn. This looks like a Buescher to me. Jim

I´m pretty sure it is a c-melody. Have a look at the fourth picture, there you can see it pretty clear. The bell is higher than the left hand table. If you look at a tenor, you can see almost the whole table. I would bet it is a c-mel. Have a look at this link, here you can see the direct comparison between an tenor and a c-mel. saxwelt.de/index.php?module=ContentExpress&file=index&func=display&ceid=295&meid=261

Good observation there mossite! I took a quick glance at the picture and got called away here at work. At first glance it looked like a tenor, although I just read the entire ebay ad which gives the dimensions. The sax should be stamped "C" on the back near the serial number if it is in fact a C Melody, which I'm sure it is. The sax measures 25 inches long with the tenon plug. That would most definately be a C Melody. It looks similar to a Buescher True Tone, but after taking a second look I have doubts about that also. I live in Michigan, and I'm also familiar with Grinnell Bros. My grandmother worked for the Grinnell Bros. piano factory in Holly, MI for a while. Grinnell sold a saxophone made by York called the Wolverine for a while. My great grandmother bought one for my great-uncle. Not the greatest saxophone from what U understand. They were patterned after a Buescher True Tone. Some of the later York models were Buescher Stencils from what I understand, but they made their own horns for a while. If this model is a 1921, it might have been one of the last horns built by York. The finish leads me to believe that it is probably built by York.

I have recently purchase a silver C Melody saxophone, Wolverine made speccially for the Grinnell Brothers and was trying to find out about it. I have played the flute for years and this is my first venture on the saxophone. If you have any further information I would love to hear it,

Now on eBay a Wolverine tenor sax ( Item number 290151081648) made in Elkhart # P 18716 L Patent Dec .8.1914 1119954 C Would somebody know of which stencil it acts? See the gallery picts : web.mac.com/mjean2/Passions/Instruments_Passions.html

connsaxman_jim, c-mels are my passion. I love these sleeping beauties, I simply think they are great! and way underappreciated. It could be that this sax is a "real" York. I think they ordered the parts from all other manufactures and put it than together (some kind of Frankenstein :).) They aren´t that bad. I think they stoped producing their own ca. 1920, so this could be one of the last ones. The sax doesn´t neccesarily have to be stamped with a "C". I think only Conn used to do this.