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Since yesterday I am the proud owner of a restored (and relacquered), gold/silver 1935 26M!
I played this gogeous-looking horn for an hour or so in the studio room of a well-known saxophone store before deciding to buy it. The doubt mainly being caused by the slightly heavy operation of the low Bb and because it's difficult to intonate. But I figure I'll get used to that.
I love the way the horn plays and sounds - the key work is lighter and faster than that of my other Conns (NW I and II) and the high notes are incredibly easy to play. Hopefully I won't get into too much trouble in my bands because it is way easier to blow open and free than my other altos
Yesterday evening, after playing was over, I took more time to look it over and discovered that a whole rod is missing from the lower part of the body! I took a picture from Saxpics to indicate which one it is:
I can't figure out what this rod is supposed to do. All notes are there! Is it just a kind of support brace?
What should I do? Obviously I'll contact the store where I bought it - maybe they left it out after restoring. But if they don't - should I return it, or is there a reasonable chance that I'll be able to get just this rod from stores in the US (I'm in Europe).
I played this gogeous-looking horn for an hour or so in the studio room of a well-known saxophone store before deciding to buy it. The doubt mainly being caused by the slightly heavy operation of the low Bb and because it's difficult to intonate. But I figure I'll get used to that.
I love the way the horn plays and sounds - the key work is lighter and faster than that of my other Conns (NW I and II) and the high notes are incredibly easy to play. Hopefully I won't get into too much trouble in my bands because it is way easier to blow open and free than my other altos
Yesterday evening, after playing was over, I took more time to look it over and discovered that a whole rod is missing from the lower part of the body! I took a picture from Saxpics to indicate which one it is:

I can't figure out what this rod is supposed to do. All notes are there! Is it just a kind of support brace?
What should I do? Obviously I'll contact the store where I bought it - maybe they left it out after restoring. But if they don't - should I return it, or is there a reasonable chance that I'll be able to get just this rod from stores in the US (I'm in Europe).