Thank you. I have a old Pan American that was given to me and have no clue about it. Where do I start? Thanks John. I have a couple of questions for you: 1. Do you play sax already? Do you know what kind soprano, alto, tenor, baritone of saxophone you have there? There are lots of other sources on forums as well, but you end up going down rabbit holes rather quickly. McKnight is kinda guessing — it was made in Greets, Max. The two patents have to do with how the toneholes are created, not about how the bore of the horn is made.
Great post! It has split tone holes but the serial number 41,xxx , if following Pan Am nubers, puts it around I can say that the 56M bass pictured on Mr. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Pan American was NOT a stencil horn.
Rather, Pan American saxophones were a second line produced by a subsidiary of Conn. The Conn Loyalist website describes the company like this: The Pan American band instrument company was a subsidiary of Conn.
Source: The Pan American Section of the Conn Loyalist According to Kurt, the fellow who has been doing an immense amount of research into the Pan American brand: Pan American had their own patents, trademarks, catalogs, models and dealer structure. These patent numbers are usually stamped just above the serial number.
If you are interested in comparing the patents, the Conn patent was: Dec. Bb curved and straight soprano, as well as tenor Pan American saxophones Notice that the tenor has the Mercedes-style key guard on the low C key that we commonly associate with Conn. Eb alto and C melody Pan American saxophones Notice how they describe the alto. Share this: Tweet. Chris Van der Auwera.
Neville bonner. France Loading Thanks John Loading Hi John. What kind of information are you looking for? In any event, here are some places to start: The Pan American Saxophone model number index Pan American Saxophone Serial Numbers There are lots of other sources on forums as well, but you end up going down rabbit holes rather quickly.
The experiment failed failed, possibly without good reason. I have heard various claims about their desirability as collector items, but the Museum could shed no light on this point. Personally, I like mine, but not as well as my pre-R13 Buffet. The keywork and intonation are decidedly inferior. The tone is almost as good as the Buffet, though - without entering into mysticism, and without a spectrum analyzer I can say no more about the sound quality.
I use it as a spare and when camping. And, I suppose one could claim I'm "collecting" it. Some of the following information is from an old Allied Supply Corporation Catalog. Allied Supply sells items of interest to instrument repair technicians. They do not sell retail. I don't have Conn serial numbers from In Conn started using a code system. First character indicates decade, "G" for 's, "H" for 's, etc. Second character indicates month, "A" for January, "B" for February, etc.
Third character number indicates year of decade. Fourth character indicates type of instrument. The remaining numbers are a monthly serial number.
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