I'm trying to identify my alto saxophone. It's a Haynes Schwelm and its serial # is: N76327
Just purchased a Haynes-Schwelm Co Symphony Model, It is sterling and has a MN XXXX Serial Number. It is a low Number under 1000. Is anyone interested in this? It is in very good condition. NO dents what so ever. I cannot find any info on how to date this beautiful instrument. Can anyone help? The first publicly available Haynes flute was number 507, so lessons learned in crafting over five hundred prototypes helped him shape a set of principles that set the benchmark for modern flute creation. Around 1920, Haynes Flutes partnered with Georges Barrere, principal flutist of the New York Symphony, to create the American version of the.
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The only Haynes-Schwelm sax I've seen was actually made by Conn as a 'stencil.' A stencil instrument is one that's made by one company but engraved to be ID'd as made by another company. Haynes-Schwelm was a flute maker in Boston, and Conn is a band instrument maker that, at one time, made most types of woodwind and brass instruments.(They're mostly known for marching horns and pro French horns and trombones today.) Haynes-Schwelm must have wanted to offer a broader selection of horns, but didn't want to invest in the factory space, tooling and training to make their own saxes, so they ordered them from Conn, but with the Haynes-Schwelm name engraved on them. This was a common phenomenon for decades, and still is very common from Asian factories. Conn made some very very good saxes, but the one I've seen that was stenciled as a H-S was one of Conn's student saxes and isn't worth a lot these days.
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Thanks so much for the feed back. http://www.americanfluteguild.com/articles/editorial.html The link above had some great info. As a guitar player I know how people can draw conclusions on a certain make or model of instruments before playing, I'm guilty of it . I am not saying that you are drawing a blind conclusion about a instrument or maker, and am not bashing your personal opinion of a single instrument. But I think you are making a conclusion on every flute that Haynes-Schwelm Co made buy your experiences with a few models/flutes. Again I am not bashing you, but is it possible that a few models they made, or a few instruments were of the fine quality as the Haynes flute? They were some of the same people that made the WSH flutes. I was so taken back when I contacted the 'W.S. Haynes' people. They actually sounded offended that I would call their company about a H-S flute.'I guess I was too stupid to know better' It's part of their history for crying out loud. Anyway I have contacted many companies, some mass producers, and some private, but I have never been treated like I was by the Haynes Co. They are rude.. unless you have money to spend with them. Again thanks for the feed back, and remember some of the best sounds can come from a cheap piece of junk.