Need help with a saxophone

joe-yngvay · 01-19-2006, 02:55 PM

if anyone know about saxophones, i need to know if this is worth anything:
on the front it is writtin conn-ltd elkhart-ind usa, and some other cursive wrtting i cant see, year is patd dec8 1914. if anyone knows, i really need to know please.

Janeway · 01-19-2006, 03:41 PM

Is there a pin number or something?

joe-yngvay · 01-19-2006, 04:55 PM

yes, herres how its written

PATD DEC8,1914
1119954
A
M166640
I

Orion_Matter · 01-19-2006, 09:40 PM

Are you interested in selling it or playing it?

(I have no technical expertise at all, just curious.)

joe-yngvay · 01-20-2006, 05:09 AM

Selling it, i dont play saxophone, my dad bought that a few years ago and i need a new amplifier

lol. some guy said it was worth 2000us, but i want to be sure heh.

Janeway · 01-20-2006, 02:40 PM

http://www.saxquest.com
Post there, they know more.

Vanhalen234 · 01-20-2006, 08:48 PM

Those go for about $1500 new but if you're lucky and find a nice used one somewhere it might go for about $1200, but make sure to check if the shimrod isnt bent at all because that will take about $500 off the price.

Orion_Matter · 01-20-2006, 09:00 PM

I'm a sax player, but uh... what's a shimrod?

Vanhalen234 · 01-20-2006, 09:02 PM

How long have you been playing?

Orion_Matter · 01-20-2006, 09:03 PM

A little over 4 years.

Vanhalen234 · 01-20-2006, 09:04 PM

Did you ever take lessons? Because at my very first lesson my teacher taught me all about shimrods, and he also told me to buy Chantone's Big Book 'O Sax Parts, it has helped me greatly

Orion_Matter · 01-20-2006, 09:06 PM

I learned through the school, and the only talk of sax parts was about the ligature, the keys, mouthpiece, stuff like that. Other than that they just teach me to play songs. I'm seriously lacking in technical knowledge, and anything regarding music theory. It's sad really.

Vanhalen234 · 01-20-2006, 09:08 PM

If you learn about shimrods then you will eventually be able to improve your tone greatly. And I would also recommend finding out a bit about the cadmium in the back of it because once I fixed up mine it played like heaven.

Orion_Matter · 01-20-2006, 09:12 PM

I'll definitely look into it sometime.

01-19-2006, 02:55 PM	#1
joe-yngvay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: somewhere in the world Posts: 80	Need help with a saxophone if anyone know about saxophones, i need to know if this is worth anything: on the front it is writtin conn-ltd elkhart-ind usa, and some other cursive wrtting i cant see, year is patd dec8 1914. if anyone knows, i really need to know please.

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01-19-2006, 03:41 PM	#2
Janeway Disorientation Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: poopsville Posts: 10,472	Is there a pin number or something?

01-19-2006, 04:55 PM	#3
joe-yngvay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: somewhere in the world Posts: 80	yes, herres how its written PATD DEC8,1914 1119954 A M166640 I

01-19-2006, 09:40 PM	#4
Orion_Matter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 13	Are you interested in selling it or playing it? (I have no technical expertise at all, just curious.)

01-20-2006, 05:09 AM	#5
joe-yngvay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: somewhere in the world Posts: 80	Selling it, i dont play saxophone, my dad bought that a few years ago and i need a new amplifier lol. some guy said it was worth 2000us, but i want to be sure heh.

01-20-2006, 02:40 PM	#6
Janeway Disorientation Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: poopsville Posts: 10,472	http://www.saxquest.com Post there, they know more.

01-20-2006, 08:48 PM	#7
Vanhalen234 I've killed people Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,801	Those go for about $1500 new but if you're lucky and find a nice used one somewhere it might go for about $1200, but make sure to check if the shimrod isnt bent at all because that will take about $500 off the price.

01-20-2006, 09:00 PM	#8
Orion_Matter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 13	I'm a sax player, but uh... what's a shimrod?

01-20-2006, 09:02 PM	#9
Vanhalen234 I've killed people Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,801	How long have you been playing?

01-20-2006, 09:03 PM	#10
Orion_Matter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 13	A little over 4 years.

01-20-2006, 09:04 PM	#11
Vanhalen234 I've killed people Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,801	Did you ever take lessons? Because at my very first lesson my teacher taught me all about shimrods, and he also told me to buy Chantone's Big Book 'O Sax Parts, it has helped me greatly

01-20-2006, 09:06 PM	#12
Orion_Matter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 13	I learned through the school, and the only talk of sax parts was about the ligature, the keys, mouthpiece, stuff like that. Other than that they just teach me to play songs. I'm seriously lacking in technical knowledge, and anything regarding music theory. It's sad really.

01-20-2006, 09:08 PM	#13
Vanhalen234 I've killed people Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,801	If you learn about shimrods then you will eventually be able to improve your tone greatly. And I would also recommend finding out a bit about the cadmium in the back of it because once I fixed up mine it played like heaven.

01-20-2006, 09:12 PM	#14
Orion_Matter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 13	I'll definitely look into it sometime.