{"id":13869,"date":"2009-11-02T10:19:07","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T18:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=13869"},"modified":"2009-11-02T10:19:11","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T18:19:11","slug":"conn-bass-sax-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2009\/conn-bass-sax-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Conn Bass Sax On eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a pretty, vintage bass on eBay, but this horn broke the dry spell. Currently an\u00a0eBay store has a silver plated, Conn bass saxophone\u00a0from 1906<\/a>, up for auction. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

The seller simple describes the vintage bass like this:<\/p>\n

Up for auction today is a 1906 Conn Wonder Bb low pitch Bass Saxophone . The sax comes with a case and mouthpiece and is in very good condition and playable. It does have a few old repairs and a ding or two but all in all a great sax!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Obviously they’ve recently polished the old girl prior to listing her. Note that this one doesn’t have gold wash in the bell.<\/p>\n

\"Left<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

\"Left<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

As the seller mentioned, the horn has some dents, which are pretty commonly found in vintage bass saxophones.<\/p>\n

\"Left<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

You’ll notice on these photos, that the sax doesn’t have mother of pearl on the keys. The keys are just bare metal. This really is an old school<\/em> vintage sax.<\/p>\n

\"Upper<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

\"Bottem<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

Despite this however, the sax is a low pitched model. In other words, you can use it in today’s ensembles.<\/p>\n

\"Serial<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

\"Bell<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

The seller does mention that the bass has had some repairs in the past. This appears to be the Eb keyguard that has been resoldered.<\/p>\n

\"Resoldered<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

The pads look very old to me. I suspect it is due for a repadding.<\/p>\n

\"Back<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

This Conn bass comes with its original case.<\/p>\n

\"Case\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

All in all, this vintage Conn appears to be in surprisingly good condition when you consider that it is over 100 years old. There is little evidence, at least visible in these photos, of repair work. If I were buying the sax, I would definitely budget for a restoration (an overhaul in some people’s language), and a new case though.<\/p>\n

The auction for this vintage Conn bass sax runs until November 27. The Buy It Now price is $7,500. At the time of writing, there were no offers on this horn yet.<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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