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This has been puzzling me for some time. My father (now deceased) started playing about 1933, and used to tell me his first alto was picked up in a pawn shop for some low price about then. It had an engraving of a naked lady on it. Eventually he traded it in for a Selmer New Largebore, which I still play.
I understand the Conn Naked Ladies were only produced from 1935, and in any case dad would have said if he'd picked up a new Conn so cheap. Does anyone know any other saxes - maybe cheap stencils - that carried such an engraving in the 20s or before? In other words, did Conn copy the idea from somewhere else?
I understand the Conn Naked Ladies were only produced from 1935, and in any case dad would have said if he'd picked up a new Conn so cheap. Does anyone know any other saxes - maybe cheap stencils - that carried such an engraving in the 20s or before? In other words, did Conn copy the idea from somewhere else?