En de verzilverde applicatuur moet zijn vernikkeld.
Nee...? Het gaat hier om een sax uit de jaren 30.
Nickel plated was in de jaren '20 al een optie.
Conn catalogus 1922 finish options
Finish Choices (all from a March, 1922 catalog, unless otherwise marked):
000 - Virtuoso Deluxe (introduced around 1922 for the C melody and on all models by the end of 1924 ): "Furnished only on special orders and prices quoted on request." Heavily gold plated over all, hand burnished over all. Each and every key inlaid with special choice and carefully selected pearls. Highest class hand engraving on bell of instrument, as well as a greater portion of the body, all of which is a special design and of the highest character. (6)
00 - Artist's Special ("Burnished Gold"(7)): Heavily gold plated, hand burnished over all, pearl inlaid keys, pearl rollers, bell richly hand-engraved. Inside of bell, engraving background, keys, posts and ferrules hand burnished.
0 - Artist Finish ("Satin Gold"): Heavily gold plated over all, pearl inlaid keys and rollers, bell richly hand-engraved. Inside of bell engraving background, keys, posts and ferrules hand burnished.
1 ("Silver & Gold"): Body heavily silver plated, sand blast velvet finish, bell richly engraved, pearl finger tips, pearl rollers. Inside of bell, engraving background keys and ferrules gold-plated and burnished.
2 ("Silver, Gold Bell"): Body heavily silver plated, sand blast velvet finish, bell richly engraved, inside of bell gold plated [and] burnished. [E]ngraving background, keys, posts and ferrules hand burnished. Keys inlaid with pearl and pearl rollers.
3 : Quadruple silver plated over all, sand blast finish; interior of bell and points hand burnished, finger tips pearl inlaid, and on saxophones, pearl rollers. On woodwinds this finish symbol represents heavily silver plated keys, posts and rods, hand burnished. (Not advertised in any catalog I have.)(
4 : Highly polished brass throughout, pearl inlaid finger tips and pearl rollers.
5 : Gold brass, highly polished, nickel-trimmed. (Not advertised in any catalog I have.)(
6 : Body heavily nickel plated and highly polished, pearl inlaid finger tips, pearl rollers.
Lakken werd pas vanaf midden jaren '30 gedaan, daarvoor was het of 'plated' of 'bare brass'. Een toeter van begin jaren '30 of eerder die gelakt is, heeft dat jasje dus pas veel later gekregen.
Nog een quote van saxpics;
Please note that there are later relacquered examples with a lacquer body with silver or nickel keys. This is NOT original. In the late 1950's, Conn produced their first horns with a lacquer body and nickel keys. Conn then continued this finish choice for years. So, it seems that when some people brought in their old Conns for refinish work, the repairman would look at the horn and say: "Relacquer? Yep. All the new ones have a yellow body and nickle keys ..." not realizing the variety of plating choices Conn had. I've seen a couple of horns refurbished by Conn themselves relacquered this way!
