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!