C melody saxophone
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The C melody saxophone, also known as the C tenor saxophone, is a saxophone pitched in the key of C one whole tone above the common B-flat tenor saxophone. The C melody was part of the series of saxop
A Conn C Melody Saxophone. While most C melody saxophones have curved necks (with a similar shape to that of the tenor saxophone), C. G. Conn did make straight-necked C melody instruments (more similar in appearance to the alto).
Rudy Wiedoeft in 1920, playing a C-melody saxophone
Frankie Trumbauer holding a C-melody saxophone, circa 1922
A straight-necked Conn C melody saxophone (New Wonder Series 1) with a serial number which dates manufacture to 1922
Mezzo-soprano saxophone
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The mezzo-soprano saxophone, sometimes called the F alto saxophone, is an instrument in the saxophone family. It is in the key of F, pitched one whole tone above the alto saxophone in E♭. Its size and
C melody saxophone
…had faded. Sales of all saxophones fell dramatically after the Wall Street crash of 1929, and the C melody was one of several models (including the mezzo-soprano saxophone) which were dropped from production soon after. Production ended for purely financial reasons, and not because of any inherent flaw in the design or…
Mezzo-soprano (left) and alto (right) saxophones