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c melody or tenor

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is this sax a c melody or a tenor? i am interested in buying it but i don;t want a c melody..
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Ask the seller to measure the body from the bottom to the insertion point of the neck (iow, the length of the body without the neck). A tenor is 29 inches. A cmel is... gotta look it up.

here we go, from cybersax:
1) Tenors = 29.5"; 2) C-Melodies = 24"; 3) Altos = 22"
http://www.cybersax.com/QA/Q&A_Identifying_Saxophone_Types.html
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