by Connsortia | Feb 2, 2021 | Conncentrations on a Horn
UPDATE – I origninally titled this post ‘Conn Saxophone Manufacturing – By The Numbers’. After some feedback and review, however, it becamse clearer that the data in CONNsortia is not completely randomized. The saxophones in the galleries...
by Connsortia | Nov 25, 2020 | Conncentrations on a Horn
The First? Naked Lady & The Birth of the Legendary “Miss M” In the late 1970s a man from Tennessee was helping a friend clean out the house of a deceased relative in Oklahoma City. The job was to clean out and prep the house for sale. Years of...
by Connsortia | Oct 25, 2020 | Latest Connections
St. Loius is home to saxophone historian Mark Overton, owner of Saxquest and the Saxquest Museum, a truely unique American museum of saxophone history. From instruments to publications to misc collectables and paraphanalia, Mark has amassed an amazing amount of...
by Connsortia | Aug 2, 2020 | Latest Connections
Anyone who has Googled vintage saxophones has surely come across Dr. Paul Cohen. His saxophone collection, along with his historical research and archives are simply amazing and a treasure that he generously and openly shares with the world, not to mention his...
by Connsortia | Aug 2, 2020 | Conncentrations on a Horn
Billy True’s One Man Band A Most Innovative Conntraption from the research archives and saxophone collection of Paul Cohen Billy True was truly one of a kind. A saxophonist, innovator and inventor who pushed the limits of what one person could do with Conn...