This was a fun horn to restore. It's a classic Conn made stencil C Melody, marked "Concertone".
The horn had a full tear down, clean up, re pad, you name it. It came to me with the original white pads, this horn hadn't been played much and the mechanism was not all worn out and sloppy, as many 20's horns are.
The end result was lovely. A nearly blemish free, good playing, classic American C Melody. It played well with a medium chamber mouthpiece and its original C mouthpiece. I really get a kick out of these old C melodies, they have such a unique and lovely voice.
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