C. G. Conn C Melody Saxophone
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: manufacturer
content: C. G. Conn Ltd.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This saxophone was made by the C. G. Conn Ltd. in Elkhart, Indiana, around 1920. It a C-melody saxophone, serial #61640. It is tuned to the key of C, enabling the amateur player to play standard sheet music, without having to transpose in the keys of B-flat or E-flat, like most saxophones. The saxophone is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(on bell):</p>
label: Description
content: <p> MADE BY<br>C. G. CONN Ltd.<br>ELKART<br>IND.</p>
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content: <p>(and on back):</p>
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content: <p>PAT'D DEC. 8, 1914<br>1119954<br>C61640<br>L</p>
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content: <p>James E. Frew played this saxophone during the early 20th century. His family donated it to the museum in 1979 as an example of a unique C Melody saxophone available in early 20th century America.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This saxophone features U. S. Patent #1119954, dated December 8, 1914, by William S. Haynes for an improvement in musical wind instruments.</p>
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Elkhart
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: America on the Move
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of James E. Frew family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0863.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0863.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0863
label: patent number
content: 1119954
objectType: label: Object Name
content: saxophone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: saxophone: 22 in x 8 3/4 in x 5 1/8 in; 55.88 cm x 22.225 cm x 13.0175 cm
label: Measurements
content: neck: 9 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 7/16 in; 22.86 cm x 8.255 cm x 3.65125 cm