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CashSax
User ID: 9014973 Nov 19th 8:19 PM
Any between a 144xxx and a 151xxx..?

danm
User ID: 8854703 Nov 19th 9:17 PM
Cash I can't resist. I would say about 7xxx roughly.I figured that if I didn't some one else would.

OnyxSax
User ID: 9683713 Nov 19th 9:32 PM
I think what is considered the "Chu" era starts around 143,xxx, so my guess is you're not going to see a whole lot of difference based on the serial. However, because these horns have been kicking around for 75+ years, they may play very differently. You just don't know what these horns have been through. Man, if they could only talk.

paulwl
User ID: 9418933 Nov 19th 10:19 PM
Can't they?

CashSax
User ID: 9014973 Nov 20th 2:03 AM
I do communicate with these old horns sometimes, there is a definite ancient unknown vibe. I felt it strong in my old Super recently, the thing does almost talk, you just know it's been there. The question now is, when did the actual "Chu" model first appear. I had thought it was around 150xxx. So I wondered if they'd be different, as in the 144xxx being a pre-Chu.

danm
User ID: 2811214 Nov 20th 7:29 AM
Cash I have a Pre-Chu Tenor that I would love to know the history of myself. It is a real fine playing horn. I figure that it is about 81 years old and for any age it plays better than any (IMHO) new sax on the market. I have played a Chu Tenor and I could not tell them apartg. The 10m played different however. The low notes were not as big sounding. My Chu alto sounds like a tenor when I play it in the lower register. Nothing like it I say. I like my MK VI and MK VII but I play these Conn's all the time. There is more to these horns than just sound.

paulwl
User ID: 8437443 Nov 20th 9:27 AM
Cash -- I do recall my first Chu tenor (M167xxx) as being somewhat different from later ones. It retained a few pre-Chu type keys -- that was all, physically.

Some also claim a marginally darker, rounder sound for the pre-Chu Conns. I definitely feel my late Chus give a bit more bite somehow. So there might also be vestiges of a tonal difference -- if the player seeks to bring them out.

But the range of #s you give is before my first horn, so I'd guess tenors were the same in that range.

CashSax User ID: 9014973	Nov 19th 8:19 PM Any between a 144xxx and a 151xxx..?
danm User ID: 8854703	Nov 19th 9:17 PM Cash I can't resist. I would say about 7xxx roughly.I figured that if I didn't some one else would.
OnyxSax User ID: 9683713	Nov 19th 9:32 PM I think what is considered the "Chu" era starts around 143,xxx, so my guess is you're not going to see a whole lot of difference based on the serial. However, because these horns have been kicking around for 75+ years, they may play very differently. You just don't know what these horns have been through. Man, if they could only talk.
paulwl User ID: 9418933	Nov 19th 10:19 PM Can't they?
CashSax User ID: 9014973	Nov 20th 2:03 AM I do communicate with these old horns sometimes, there is a definite ancient unknown vibe. I felt it strong in my old Super recently, the thing does almost talk, you just know it's been there. The question now is, when did the actual "Chu" model first appear. I had thought it was around 150xxx. So I wondered if they'd be different, as in the 144xxx being a pre-Chu.
danm User ID: 2811214	Nov 20th 7:29 AM Cash I have a Pre-Chu Tenor that I would love to know the history of myself. It is a real fine playing horn. I figure that it is about 81 years old and for any age it plays better than any (IMHO) new sax on the market. I have played a Chu Tenor and I could not tell them apartg. The 10m played different however. The low notes were not as big sounding. My Chu alto sounds like a tenor when I play it in the lower register. Nothing like it I say. I like my MK VI and MK VII but I play these Conn's all the time. There is more to these horns than just sound.
paulwl User ID: 8437443	Nov 20th 9:27 AM Cash -- I do recall my first Chu tenor (M167xxx) as being somewhat different from later ones. It retained a few pre-Chu type keys -- that was all, physically. Some also claim a marginally darker, rounder sound for the pre-Chu Conns. I definitely feel my late Chus give a bit more bite somehow. So there might also be vestiges of a tonal difference -- if the player seeks to bring them out. But the range of #s you give is before my first horn, so I'd guess tenors were the same in that range.