Model:  Conn adjustable

Sax:  soprano, alto, tenor

Material:  hard rubber

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Description:  These Conn mouthpieces have a unique tuning adjuster. Pictured are (from top to bottom) Conn tenor, alto, and soprano mouthpieces. The tuning mechanism is shown in more detail below.

Model:  Comet

Sax:  soprano, alto, tenor

Material:  hard rubber

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Description:  The two pictures on the left show a Conn Comet model in original condition with ligature and plexiglas reed guard.

The name Conn is synonymous with high-quality American saxophones since the year 1889, when C. G. Conn set up a plant in Elkhart, Indiana. The first US saxophone was built there for E. A. Lefebre, a personal friend of Adolphe Sax. Conn saxophones were shipped with an own line of mouthpieces, some of which featured unique designs. The company underwent several ownership changes and stop producing professional saxophones in 1970.

C. G. Conn

Model:  Unmarked

Sax:  alto

Material:  hard rubber

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Description:  The pictures show an unmarked 1920s Conn alto mouthpiece.

Model:  Eagle

Sax:  C-Melody

Material:  hard rubber

Chamber: large

Baffle: concave

Description:  The pictures show two different 1920s Conn Eagle C-Melody mouthpiece that came as original equipment with the Conn New Wonder series of saxophones. Conn Eagles feature a concave baffle and large chamber. Some of the ‘Eagle’ models have a metal ring at the shank.

Model:  Stretch

Sax:  soprano

Material:  hard rubber

Chamber: large

Baffle:

Description:  This short-shank Conn mouthpiece came with a Stretch Conn soprano mouthpiece. The large chamber, short shank mouthpiece is ideally suited to address intonation problems with vintage soprano saxophones. The tip opening is small, around 0.048”.

Shown here is a Conn Eagles soprano mouthpiece with a tip opening of 0.05”.

Here you see two vintage Conn Comet (left) and two Runyon ‘Model 22’ mouthpieces side by side. Note that the Conn Comet and Runyon are identical.

This pictures show Marshall Royal (best know for his work with the Count Basie Orchestra) with a Conn ‘Comet’ mouthpiecs on the cover of an album with the pianist Gordon Jenkins.

Model:  Steelay

Sax:  alto, tenor

Material:  hard rubber

Chamber: large

Baffle: concave

Description:  On the left is a Conn ‘Steelay’ hard rubber mouthpiece. It is marked ‘Standard’ in slanted font, and ‘STEELAY’, ‘U.S.A’.

Model:  Unmarked

Sax:  soprano

Material:  hard rubber

Chamber: large

Baffle:

Description:  This red see-through Conn mouthpiece is a large chamber soprano model with a tip opening of 0.043”.