Re: My 83 year old C Melody sounds AWESOME!
I know exactly what you are talking about.I love my Conn Chu Berry C-Melody. You cannot get this sound with any other old vintage of that time. These c-melodys have their very own special charme!
It is not true, that the intonation of all c-melody saxophones is bad. The intonation of these instruments is as good or bad as any other saxophone of this time.
They have been manufactured exactlay by the same people that have build the altos, tenors and baris, with the same great material and with the same love.
Only truth is, that they have been played most of the time my amateures. So they became that name, that the intonation is bad, and that they are second class isntruments.
Sorry, but that is bull!!! These old beautiful babes are as good as any other vintage of this time. Give them a good overhaul and a good mouthpiece and you will be suprised. Give them cheap pads and wrong adjusting and they sound like crap. That will happen to every saxophone. So keep in mind: Only an overhaul with 1.st class material an adjusting is a good overhaul. Anything else isnĀ“t worth the money and time!
Lots of players start to recognize that. You can see, how the prices are rising. Right now, you sometimes pay for a good c-melody more than for an alto of this time.
I love to play mine with Zinner mouthpieces. Awsome pieces, great sound and projection. Zinner has two different c-melody models. 1 classic, is based on the old models of the 40ies and one special gives your sax a completly different sound. I love them both.
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