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Outrageously nice ORIGINAL lacquer Conn 10M tenor pre-war from 1936. This tenor is looking incredible at 83 years young. This is one of the cleanest, most perfect vintage Conn tenors that I have seen, AND it just had a complete overhaul with all new pads etc so that it’s playing its best. This beast has a huge, wide tone and tons of projection. The sound is wide – room-filling, and gorgeous. I hate to use so many superlatives in one description. It feels like I’m spending them profligately after being habitually sparse with them on most of the site, but come on – do you really see many 10M’s in this kind of shape anymore? It’s just effortless to play, with low Bb popping out like any other note, regardless of low volume. It has a nice, snappy pad feel, and has really been babied. It was original pads until it got overhauled earlier this year. The only past repairs in the overhaul were a couple of small dents removed from the bell, which are really quite minor. That’s pretty much it. It has the original case in nice shape as well.
It’s basically everything you could possibly want in a vintage Conn. Super clean, great player, Pre-War, overhauled, beautiful. The works. It will most definitely go up in value in coming years, as Conns are being snapped up left and right by pro players who understand that the tone is unbeatable, and the keywork is quite fast and comfortable once you get used to it. One of my favorite horns on the site for sure! I would consider pairing this with a modern case for safe shipping and gigging. I can recommend some BAM cases that will fit and give you a good price on one.
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