{"id":49514,"date":"2020-11-22T11:53:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T13:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=49514"},"modified":"2024-06-26T11:45:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T18:45:54","slug":"conn-new-wonder-c-soprano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2020\/conn-new-wonder-c-soprano\/","title":{"rendered":"Conn New Wonder C Soprano"},"content":{"rendered":"
Update: I have now published THE PAGE ON MY WEBSITE<\/a> about this horn. Included on this page are the key heights. If anyone is ever looking for key heights for a Conn New Wonder C soprano, please come on over to my Bassic Sax website. <\/h6>\n

For years I had toyed with the idea of getting a C-pitched soprano for those occasional oboe parts in pit orchestras when the book I played had 8 bars here, 16 bars here, etc. etc. Then in January 2020, I took the plunge and got one from my vintage and bass sax buddy, Paul Lindemeyer. <\/p>\n

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Conn New Wonder Series II C soprano # 176XXX Circa 1926<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Paul had an unrestored, Conn New Wonder Series II in a storage locker. Ever since he got it, it had never been playable. And since he already had 2 other fully playable C sopranos, there was really no use in him keeping it. He and I came to an agreement, and next thing you know the little beastie was winging its way to me via FedEx. <\/p>\n

Due to a family emergency, I was on an extended stay in WA, so Paul sent it to me there. Shortly after it arrived, I went to my favourite music store in Washington State: Bellingham Wind Works<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paul had sent me a MP he believed was possibly an unlabelled Conn piece, and Wind Works’ saxophone specialist, Marcel, looked at it closely and confirmed that it was indeed a Conn blank. However, since my New Wonder C soprano was not in playable condition, I tried the MP that Paul sent on a horn that Wind Works had in stock, which was nearly identical in serial #. I also tried a couple of other C soprano MPs that they had stock\u2014both stamped Conn Eagle. <\/p>\n

In the photo below you can see the blank that Paul sent me on the left. Its window is a bit longer, and its table a bit shorter.<\/p>\n