Saxophone Stencil List

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A stencil is a saxophone made by a major manufacturer but will have a different name on it. Music stores, schools and other businesses would order a number of saxophones from a major saxophone maker and have their name put on instead of the company that made them. A major manufacturer could also create separate brand names to compete in certain markets or may have purchased a smaller company and kept the name. Whatever the reason, for the most part these stencil horns were built with many of the features and quality of their parent company.

The major saxophone companies that made stencils were Conn, Buescher, Martin. Selmer, Holton and York. Some of these companies were purchased in time and became stencils themselves. There are many ways to tell if a saxophone was produced by a certain company. Tone hole construction, G# key cluster design, key guard design, key layout, octave mechanism type, serial number markings and I’m sure their are more. Speaking of serial numbers most stencils did not follow the parent companies serial number range so it is hard to tell the year it was made.

Let me state right now that this list is not all inclusive. There may be a Conn stencil with a name of Frank Smith’s Music Store that may be sitting in someone’s attic somewhere waiting to be discovered. I have collected information from many web sites and looked at many auctions. This list is constantly growing but at least it’s a starting point if you see a sax you are interested in and want to know who probably made it. You will notice that some stencils like Wurlitzer and Lyon & Healy are listed more than once. This is because at one time or another they were made by more than one manufacturer. In that case you’ll have to do more research to find out which one it is.

I have to add a footnote here about handling these old horns. I have seen all too many saxophones here on ebay with the finish ruined by someone using an abrasive like Tarn-x in an attempt to clean a saxophone. This will remove the lacquer right down to bare metal. You can use silver polish on silver plated horns. If you're not sure how to clean a gold lacquer horn, don't do it. A ruined finish could subtract hundreds from it's value.

BUESCHER MADE
American Artist
American Capitol
American Premier
American Triumph
Artist
Bundy
Cafaro Special
Carl Fischer
Cole & Dunas
Crusader
Ditson
Elkhart
Elkhorn
Getzen
Harwood Professional
Jenkins
Legionnaire
Lyon & Healy
Lyons Monarch
Perfacktone
Royal Artist
Sherwood
Silvertone
Spangler
Supertone
The Yankee
USA
Vega
Vocotone
Weymann
Windsor
Wolverine
Wurlitzer

CONN MADE
Abbott Premier
American First
American Hagar
American Perfecto
American Triumph
Bandmaster
Beaufort American
Bruno
Carl Fischer
Cavalier
C.J. Spangler
Commodore
Commonwealth
Concertone
Continental Colonial
Crusader
Elkhart
Grand Opera
Gretsch
Hamilton
Harry Pedler
Harwood
Horace
Jenkins
Kalashen's Kleartone
Keefer
La Pacific
Lefleur
Liberty
Lyon & Healy
Olympian
Perfection
Pride
Sears & Roebuck
Supertone
Symphony
Tom Brown
Varsity
Vega
Velvetone
Virginian
Werlein Special
Whitttle Zenith
Wm Meyer American
Wolverine
Wurlitzer
Xcelo

COUTURIER MADE
King
Lyon & Healy

HOLTON MADE
Gretch
Rudy Wiedoeft

MALERNE MADE
Acme
Artiste
Buffet Dynaction
Carl Fischer
Cartier
Community
Criterion
Croydon
Diplomat
Leggett Special
Linton
Lyceum
Martel
Mercury
M. Pierre
Supreme Custom Made

MARTIN MADE
Abbott Premier
American Artist
American Perfection
American Professional
Beaufort American
Bel Canto
Blessing
Bruno
Champion
Commander
Colonial
Concertone
Couesnon
Couturier
Dick Stabile
Dorn & Kirschner
Elkhart
Gary
Gold Star
Gretsch
Harmony
Honercomb
Horace
Indiana Band Instrument Company
Jenkins
Kingston
Knickerbocker
Lewin
Lyon & Healy
Lyric
Manhattan
Mastercraft
Melody Master
Midwest
Oliver Ditson
Pan American
Pedler
Perfacktone
Reynolds
Sherwood
Standard Artists
Standard American
Supertone
Symphony
Tempertone
Wurlitzer
Vega
Viking

SELMER MADE
Adolphe
Deville

WHITE MADE
American Standard
American Scholastic
Cleveland
Gladiator
King
Olympian
Vega

YORK MADE
Wolverine

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Трафарет - саксофон, сделанный главным изготовителем, но будет иметь различное название на этом. Склады музыки, школы и другие фирмы заказали бы множество саксофонов от главного изготовителя саксофона и надеть их название вместо компании, которая сделала их. Главный изготовитель мог также создать отдельные фирменные знаки, чтобы конкурировать в определенных рынках или, возможно, купил меньшую компанию и держал название. Безотносительно причины, главным образом эти рожки трафарета построились со многими из особенностей и качества их компании-учредителя.

Главные компании саксофона, которые сделали трафареты, были, Ведут, Buescher, Мартин. Selmer, Holton и Йорк. Некоторые из этих компаний были куплены вовремя и стали трафаретами непосредственно. Есть много способов сказать, был ли саксофон произведен определенной компанией. Строительство отверстия тона, Г * ключевой проект группы, ключ охраняет проект, ключевое расположение, тип механизма октавы, маркировки регистрационного номера, и я уверен их - больше. Разговор о регистрационных номерах большинство трафарета

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