The case is in good condition inside and does not have a musty or strong smell. The instrument comes with a new swab and a mouthpiece brush, as well as the original brown leather case with purple interior. Features the original matching neck andoriginal rollers, with great key action still present in the springs.
Pan american alto saxophone sax 1930 full#
Perfect for someone seeking a vintage tenor for jazz or studio playing, without paying the full price for a Martin or Conn. This could be an amazing player with the right care. Because the horn does need a little work to play perfectly, I will be selling it AS-IS.
The lacquer is almost entirely present apart from some natural wear from hand placement. There are no majorbdents in the body and the corks and felts are in good shape. This horn is essentially a stencil of a Conn "Naked Lady" 10M tenor and many parts including the neck may fit a 10M. Could use a few pads and an adjustment but otherwise has a great, huge tone. The instrument is in good vintage condition and does play. This is where I got my Conn Pan Am Tenor and mouthpiece.This is a great Pan American 60M tenor saxophone from 1950, SN# 107XXX. If you like old horns have a look at these. I went there to try a couple of vintage Berg Larsen metal mouthpieces but they had been sold already. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions folks! I still like the sound and playability of the Meyer G better than any mouthpiece I tried but this horn is too sharp for it just like I found with the others including a Jody Jazz HR, Cannonball, vintage Tonalin, etc. It was close enough to being on pitch that I could have probably adjusted to relaxing my embouchure more. Second place was a huge chamber Vandoren. In fact, after adjusting to trying to lip down the others, I was actually FLAT on the Link instead of sharp! Tried out a bunch in the music store and the Link was the only one that I could get to play in tune on this old horn without extreme effort. But you can find good players among this saxes, if you can stand the ergonomics. They were compromised before they reached their players. A second-/student-line sax should be cheaper. I have seen Indiana saxes on e-bay announced as "vintage" and the prices are nearly as high as for a real Martin. Eveything can be fixed it's just a matter of money or/and time. On my Indiana, that´s more or less based on a Committee I from the (30's), the neck didn't fit properly to the tube, the edges of the tonholes was uneven (leaked), the keycups was uneven (leaked) and some were´nt centered over the toneholes (leaked), the tube and the bell was poorly soldered on the bow (leaked). They are playing well but I had to fix them before doing so. You can find very good saxes among second-/student- line horns. The student line saxes were often from old inventories and they extended the lifecycle of the tools. It was cheaper to give the costumer a new sax instead of having them tested before they rechead the shops. There was less quilaty controlle when it came to an Indiana comparing to a Martin. The second line companies were seperate with their own organisations. Conn - Pan-American, Buescher - Elkhart, King - American Standard and Martin - Indiana.
It has a robust tone and is 50 vintage in the tone the resos boost the treble/presence yet it is not as shrill as a modern student sax. They were constructed and designed for the musical demands and needs for those days.Īll four American manufactors have their own second-/student-line saxes. This is a sweet little alto that is a Conn Pan-Am sax with a few unique parts. But I guess a Pan-American is based on a sax that was constructed and designed in the 30's or 20's. I'm not familiar with Pan-American more than that they were made by Conn. plays well on both older and modern saxes. Mouthpieces like Caravan, Bilger, some Morgans. Try a Rico Royal Graftonite A-chamber (big) mouthpice on your Pan-Ameican but before you buy a new expensive mouthpiece maybe you should let a tech look at your sax.
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