Naked Lady Conns

[jmviehmann]

I understand that the naked ladies are rarer than the other horns because less where made. I was wondering if there was somewhere that I could find the numbers on how many horns where made with the naked lady for Conn tubas/sousas. Just curious.

[pigman]

Its just an engraving style
The amount of engraving has nothing to do with horn quality
The amount and complexity of the engraving was an option you paid for when ordering. after 1930 patterns were designed for each model and all the instrument of that model were engraved with the same pattern

ray

[TheTuba]

(kind of off-topic)

I was at a solo contest yesterday.

Some kid (im 14) came up to me asking If I can keep his trombone safe while he went to the bathroom.

It was a silver Lady Conn with a rose brass bell.

When he came back I asked where he got it.

He said "oh it looked cool so I bought it for 3,000. My dad is great"




Wish I had that kind of money.........

[TheTuba]

$3,000

-OK viola

-Mack brass Tuba

-Good Trombone

-Expert trumpet

-Good flute

-OK saxophone

-Overrated super expensive tuba mouthpiece

-Used car

[bisontuba]

Hi-
Years back, I attended a seminar at Amherst College during a Historic Brass Conference, and the presenter was Dr Margaret Downie ‘Peggy’ Banks, of the National Music Museum. Her topic was on the Conn naked lady instruments, and what was fascinating was the different styles of naked ladies the Conn company used. As it turned out ( no I am not making this up—this is for real), when the workers were in happy times, the naked ladies had a much more pronounced bust line. In times of disputes, labor issues, etc., the bust lines of the ladies were greatly reduced. Whether or not the other components of said instruments were effected in good or bad times was not discussed, but I thought her topic was an eye opener.....workers expressing themselves in an engraving depending on the then current work conditions...
Mark

[PeteDenton]

I have a Conn 24J with a serial number that suggests a 1968 build.

The (recording) bell is of the "Lady Face" variety and stamped 20J so I suspect comes from an earlier horn.

I'm currently investigating getting an upright bell (seemingly not the easiest of tasks in the UK).

Pete

[pjv]

King had nicer engravings imho

[The Big Ben]

Boobies!

[Three Valves]

See post from 3/4/18

I prefer the “over easy” to “sunny side up!!”

[Lee Stofer]

There were a few factory custom engravings done at C.G. Conn, but virtually all of the Conn low brass and saxophones of the 1930's-1950's had the engraving with the double pentagon, and the bust of a lady inside the pentagon. They are not as common as they used to be, but are really by no means rare.