HN White "Cleveland" tenor sax

I really like these old Cleveland horns.  I've had a few through here but this is the first tenor and its just a great horn.  This one is from the 50's and its in darn good shape!  Most of the lacquer is there, hardly any dents,  the keywork is smooth and the pads are older but it plays great up and down.  These horns are a great value.  This would be King's answer to the Martin Indiana or Conn Pan American, "student" horns that were really very similar in body construction to the pro models of each company.   Of course these "student" horns of yesteryear blow alot of modern horns out of the water!  I'm thinking whoever ends up buying this horn is gonna be happy for a long long time.

Yes, a Selmer Bundy alto!

Well its kinda funny to follow up a posting about a legendary Conn 10M tenor with a post about a.......Selmer Bundy alto!  But wait,  it is a little more exciting than you think.
Most folks know the Bundy name,  it has been used on student instruments for many years and about the most common horn to find on craigslist or the local flea market.

The thing is,  the older pre-"Bundy II" horns were actually based on older Buescher designs and for all intents and purposes were simplified Aristocrats! 
The horn in this pic is probably 1975-80,  towards the end of the run, but still is very much a good, solid,  decent sounding alto saxophone.

So at some point they changed everything and the "Bundy II" came out........these are just as common, or maybe even more common...............they're just not as good.  Honestly I don't think they're bad but they just don't stack up to the previous horns that were made for years and years.

My point is,  if you want a more than decent sax to learn on,  or even use as a backup,  look for one of the older Bundy's,  make sure it does NOT say Bundy II,  they usually say Selmer Bundy or H&A Selmer Bundy.........and they'll always have really cool looking wire keyguards for the low B/Bb!

Conn 10M

Well here's a first one for me,  a Conn 10M tenor saxophone.

I've know about these for years but never picked one up due to the high prices.  They're well known for they're sound and comfortable, fast action.  They were also made for a long period of time, from the 30's all the way up through the 60's at least.

The one in the pic is towards the later end of the timeline,  it was still an Elkhart made instrument and was likely made in 1965.
These later 10M's are not as valuable as the older "naked lady" horns but most people say they play very similarly.  
Besides not having an engraving of a woman in various scenes these models also do NOT have rolled tone holes and also sport the underslung, double socket neck.

This one was in decent shape.  The original lacquer was mostly intact,  it had some dings here and there but nothing major,  the pads were older with plain rivets but it did play up and down. 
And the sound........huge!  You can really understand why people love these horns,  between the sound and the extreme comfort of the keyboard,  they're really something else!