. Buescher Models. Buffet Models.

Conn Models. Couesnon Models. Dolnet Models. Grafton Models. Holton Models. Keilwerth Models. King Models.

I have an old EVETTE & SCHAEFFER SAXOPHONE. It has the address 18 & 20 PASSAGE DU GRAND-CERF, PARIS on it and the number 296. It's condition is well worn as can be seen on the photos. The low number and style make me think it is an early model?

Kohlert Models. Martin Models. Adolphe Sax Models.

Selmer Models. SML Models. Yanagisawa Models. Serial Numbers. SaxPics Info. Links.

Manufacturers,models - stencils andserial numbers' ' 1931Vintagebronze lacquer, late model. Goodplayer1931, s/no 104xxx - literally the last ofthe C-Melody line, lovely!! I don't have a good enoughcamera to capture the real dark vintage lacquer colour - it'sgorgeous.Modernaction, gone are the quirky vintage forked Eb and G# trillkeys. High palm keys all sensibly long - no more'button' palm keys.

Add to that the essential auxiliaryFront-F mechanism, and you have a C-Melody and this is a delight toplay. Intonation is extremely good - a solid powerful hornwith well preserved Martin case andaccessories. ( Kingstencil - relatively rare)Iaffectionately call her ' Big Ugly'.

Verymuch a project and a half. Quite a rare beast this one,I've only seen one other for sale. After Lyon & Healystopped making their own C-Mels - based around Martin design/tooling -they had stencils mostly made by Buescher. This is the moreelusive King stencil, with classic King domed cups, and, moreimportantly, the auxiliary Front-F mechanism - a rare find on stencilhorns. The silver plating is almost completely worn orabraded from the body, but some remains on the keys - giving a two-toneappearance.

A real workhorse. A current project, at themoment, regrettably NOT FOR SALE. Pleasenote: Page (always) under re-structuring. June 2011.The aimof this page is to (hopefully) help you to identify the manufacturer,and even possibly the'build year' of your C-Melody. I know you could look on thebell andsay 'Ah - Martin', but sadly that doesn't apply tostencils. So, thetable on the right will have links to a pages showing a selection ofC-Melodysaxes, some I've owned, some I still do, and with the mechanism anddesign features of each manufacturer - the pictures are quite goodresolution,and unprotected, so can be copied and pasted into a suitable graphicspackagefor better viewing, e.g. Please feel free to dothis, but if youre-use the pictures in any other context, please ask me first, and I'dalso appreciatea mention of this site.Ratherthan put 'return' links on each page, I've either opened some in a newwindow,or others require the use of your browser 'back arrow' to get back tothis page.

It will take awhile to findexamples showing all the differences, and I hope to be able to make a'truth table'as well, for quick checking and identification. Until then,please,and check out the excellent pages by Saxpics, Dr Rick, and Cybersax, toidentifywhich manufacturer built your stencil.Sadly, e.g.,allMartin stencils don't haveall the standard Martin features etc. And, some Stencilnames appearon saxes from more than one manufacturer! Fun, isn't it?I'm stilllearning a few things myself in the process. A far fromcomprehensive listof Stencil names is at the end of the page- link is on the table opposite - andI'll also set up a gallery of pictures of C-Melody saxes I've owned inthe past,as examples of most manufacturers art. Adobe prelude cc 2017.1 6.1 crack for mac. The vast majority ofthe pictureswere taken by (and owned by) me, but, if I've inadvertently usedsomeone else'sexample, I sincerely apologise - drop me an email and I'll eithercredit you, orif you so wish I'll remove the picture.Below are shortlists of serialnumbers for the years ( mostly up to the thirties ) that C-Melody saxeswere produced 'inquantity'. I thought itwould be useful to have them for all the C-Melody manufacturerstogether in oneplace (and in alphabetical order, not preference.).

Linksto pages with more comprehensive serial number listings, and furthermodel info, areincluded with each list, as are references to the origins of thedata. I'd just like to say a great big' Thanks! ' to anyone involved in compiling and/or publishing thoselists - very muchappreciated!!Please notethat C-Melody ' stencil'serial numbers don't usually correspond with therelevant manufacturers 'own brand name' sequences - there are sometheories asto how you can work the date out, but I'm afraid the answer is usuallyjust ' made in the 1920's. 'Also be awarethat the serial numbers below weren't just for C-Melody saxes, eachinstrumentproduced was assigned a sequential unique number, so (for example) inJan-1924, 60993 couldhave been a Tenor Sax, 60994 a C-Mel, 60995 a Soprano, etc. atleastthat's how I understand it? Thinking about that, it'sprobably morelogical that the numbers were assigned in 'blocks' to maybe a groupC-Mel's,then alto's etc. For a certain production run.

Each group of bodiescould thenbe stamped sequentially. Anybody out there know how it really was?Soanyway, you should also beable to use these lists to date some of the vintage saxes of thatperiod.Pleasenote: Page (always) under re-structuring. June 2011.A C-Sax may beavailable for purchase -Please note - the followinglinks are to pictures of, and information about, C-MelodySaxophones that either I've owned/sold, or as supplied by other owners/sellers.Some of the text may not now be relevant - I am slowly editing thepages as I find corrections are needed - the information is providedhere just for reference.

Please enjoy!(coming.).Buescher (below)Conn (below)Martin (below)( straight/altostyle neck)( curved/tenorstyle neck)another- Martinstencilanda.King (below)(needscleaning.). YearModelSerial Number1922Model 1921921921926Model 219219219201930'Cigar Cutter'/'Super Sax'-57330The listcontinues right up to 1992, so is well worth a visit - link below( courtesyof -).YorkSerialNumbersComments0 -8497Made prior to 19038500 -57,000Made between 1903 and 191357,000 -112,000Made between 1913-1938.Pleasenote: Page (always) under re-structuring.

June 2011A fewStencil names - ( I'm sure there are loadsmore out there.