Stencil ?
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A stencil is a saxophone made by a name-brand saxophone company (like Conn, or Buescher, Martin, etc). The saxophone, however, does not bear the name of the company that manufactured the sax but rather the name of a music store that sells it as theirs (Lyon and Healy, Wurlitzer, Carl Fischer, Pan American, etc.) at a reduced price. In many cases, the renamed saxes are no more and no less than that: instruments made by known makers but sold with different names. Sometimes the stencils were the same quality as their name-brand relatives; in some cases, the stencil was made with fewer desirable features, like engravings or special key-work, or they were slightly inferior seconds.
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An example would be a horn made by Conn but lacking a front F, G# trill , rolled tone holes, etc. Nothing wrong with a stencil but not as easy to sell. The downside is that it may need work and it is better to redo a name brand than a stencil. If you buy a Concertone (martin) for $300 and spend $500 on a repad, it would probably be worth about $500. Spend $500 on a Martin Committee and $500 on a repad and you may have a $1,200 horn.
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