David McCllan wrote: Are you sure about that 8D? Wasn't the precursor to the 8D the 6D, which has the usual four rotor valves? I once had in my possession, with the oppurtunity to buy, a very early Conn double that I was told was made in the?30's or 40's. It was a Schmidt?copy in every way, with three rotors and the piston change valve. Has anyone else heard of a Conn with three piston valves??
--------- Conn 2D and 3D were single horns with piston valves and crooks for F, Eb & D. Largely produced for the military in silver plate. The original Conn 8D was made from 1919 to 1929 and had three piston finger valves and a rotary change valve. The current model 8D was first produced in 1937, a copy of Arther Berv's Fritz Kruspe double. The Conn 6D from 1919-1934 was a Schmidt model. The current Conn 6D is the Stagliano model, first produced in 1935 for James Stagliano, then a Hollywood studio musician, later principal of the Boston Symphony. For further information, please see The Conn Loyalist (unfortunately no photo of the original 8D): http://www.xs4all.nl/~cderksen/ConnHorn.html Regards, Richard Hirsh _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
