
I'd recommend:Ī) buying a Signet Soloist from Clarinuts, as mentioned by TTT (who has a beautiful Margiaux Symphonie clarinet, btb).ī) hitting up SteveSklar at his website and seeing if he has something inexpensive there.Ĭ) buying an overhauled, used Yamaha YCL-32/4 (wooden) or even a lower model plastic student horn, like the YCL-20. In any event, that dealer is overcharging by a lot, learner, even if it was a Signet Soloist. You then just assume that this line is professional because it has the "Soloist" name. This is another example of where confusion helps Selmer: they have a professional line of saxophone mouthpieces called "Selmer Soloist" and Selmer USA had a professional clarinet called a "Signet Soloist", so they introduce a student line called "Selmer Soloist". There's one on eBay, right now, under $50 US. * The Selmer Signet Soloists average under $600 US in "great shape". (The CL600 Aristocrat is the current model, FWIW.) Other RECENT horns labeled "Soloist" and have "SOL" in their model name are also student horns (other woodwinds, it appears, saxophones being the most common), but the line was discontinued around 2006. The Soloist is a plastic horn and is a student model. I checked on that model number and was rewarded with a couple pics. Basic design is of the Chu Berry family.* The Signet Soloist and Selmer Soloist are definitely two different horns. The Conn-O-Sax is a straight F-mezzo and very rare.

Keyed in F, the F-mezzo design is a unique hybrid between the Chu Berry and the Naked Lady with same side bell keys. These were the most eloborate Conn saxophones ever made with extravagant engraving and full pearl touches. Wonder Improved & Wonder Perfected - Elkhart IND Wonder Improved - Elkhart IND & Worcester MASS


*date/serial number relationships during WW II production and immediate post-production are based on our data collected from original sales receipts found in cases. * This complete Buescher serial number chart was derived from the data of Albert Mensinga plus our own data compiled from original sales receipts found in cases of specific instruments. Antoine Joseph (Adolphe) Sax 10 Rue Neuve-Saint-Georges à ParisĪntoine Joseph (Adolphe) Sax 50 Rue Saint-Georges à ParisĪntoine Joseph (Adolphe) Sax 26 Rue de Rocroy à ParisĪntoine Joseph (Adolphe) Sax 39 Rue de Dunkerque à parisĪntoine Joseph (Adolphe) Sax 56 Rue Laffitte à ParisĪntoine Joseph (Adolphe) Sax 6 Rue Lallier à Paris
