[bruce bailey]

I have a nice Conn Steel-Lay alto mouthpiece that I cannot determine the years they were made. My guess is in the 1930s-40s. Any ideas?

 

[saxtek]

Good guess. Some of them are marked Bonacio Steel-Lay, and I met Bennie Bonacio, who designed the mouthpiece in the early 1970s. He was in his 70s at the time, so I think your estimate is correct.

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[BeyondSax]

Bruce: How does it play? Do you have a photo?

 

[bruce bailey]

No photo but it plays a bit more edgy than the old eagle models. I got it on ebay and it looks unused.

 

[Dave Dolson]

Bruce: Rosy McHargue, a noted C-Mel player and clarinetist who played in many of the "studio" dixieland bands in the '50's (Pete Dailey, Red Nichols, etc.) used a Steel Lay on his C-mel. I never got the story on it, though. DAVE

 

[bruce bailey]

I was rooting through a box of old mouthpieces looking for something to put on an alto I was selling and found a Conn Precision mouthpiece that was quite good too.