All of my students know that I am in love with my 1949 Conn 10m Tenor Saxophone. I had it overhauled by my friend Greg Meis at Meis Music here in the Denver area. One of my other students just picked up a circa 1927 Conn tenor and had Greg fix it up. When I am playing the gig or teaching sax lessons here in Denver, this horn serves me well. The bottom end is beautiful

and it has a general tone that is full and rich. I love it.

A good friend of mine!

Here is a list of serial numbers to check your vintage Conn with. There are a number of other great Conn sax websites, but you can start here!

CONN
Serial Number Year of Manufacture
Wonder
9600 1905
10800 1906
12000 1907
13000 1908
15400 1909
17800 1910
21200 1911
22500 1912
25000 1913
30000 1914
35000 1916
40000 1917
50000 1919
58000 1920
64000 1921
83000 1922
101775 1923
124600 1924
New Wonder (”Chu Berry”)
145400 1925
167900 1926
193450 1927
209250 1928
224600 1929
237800 1930
Transitional
244700 1931
249230 1932
256501 1933
M Series (”Naked Lady”
260000 1934
263500 1935
271000 1936
278000 1937
Connqueror
284000 1938
285000 1939
288300 1940
295250 1941
304500 1942
309250 1943
309300 1944
310200 1945
314000 1946
320000 1947
Connstellation - Rolled tone holes discontinued
327150 1948
332150 1949
337250 1950
341850 1951
341851 1952
354742 1953
359251 1954
500001 1955
571750 1956
652002 1957
718626 1958
779657 1959
Production moved to Mexico
834200 1960
898556 1961
949465 1962
C00501 1963
C73854 1964
E54106 1965
H31247 1966
K35274 1967
L20454 1968