> > Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:14:10 -0700 (PDT) > From: David McClellan <[email protected]> > Subject: [Hornlist] original 8D > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > 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??
David, I came across the info about the early Conn 8D on their serial # list: http://www.whc.net/rjones/connfrench.html There you will see this 3 piston/1 rotor model being built from 1919 to 1929. 10 years is quite a while for a horn to be made and then just vanish. I will double what you said, has anyone played one, or seen one, or ever even seen a picture of one? BTW, I own a piston Schmidt model 6D made in '34. Leonard _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
