Normally the frst thing I'd have to do is fit a riser to the palm D.This vintage Couesnon 3 valve flugelhorn is in very good condition. Speaking of which - I was doubtful about those shaped palm keys, but for my smaller hands the palm keys fit like a dream, as does everything else. 69175 I did disable the linked G#/C# (etc.), made it a little too much of a workout for my smallest digit. A lot is down to the choice of mouthpiece, but with my high-baffle Couf J10*S (far right in the picture below) it has all the presence you could ever wish for when pushed, subtones, harmonics, the lot - and backing off the airstream produces a more conventional sound acceptable to anyone. 69174 (the case didn't come with the sax, I've had that R&C case here for a while waiting for a suitable resident:bluewink: ) Plays like a dream - having been used to the more 'spread' Martin sound, I can now appreciate a more focussed sound. Certainly has 'Couesnon Monopole Conservatoire' in the bell engraving. Just acquired a Couesnon Monopole Conservatoire tenor sax s/no 149xx behind the pinkie table - I keep seeing 'II' mentioned here but can't find anything on the engraving (apart from two pigeons?) that would suggest that.
Has anyone ever tried compiling a serial number list from these sources? It wouldn't have every horn they ever made or the exact date of manufacture, but would probably at least be enough to figure out what year it was imported or sold. These horns were obviously imported by someone and then sold by probably only a handful of dealers. My understanding is that the serial number list was destroyed in the same factory fire that brought about the end of their saxophone production but I can't remember where I read this. Does anyone else have any dates of theirs, if so post them here so we can compile it and forward it to saxpics.Leave the last 2 numbers as XXs to keep them anonymous. My Monopole 2 alto is 92XX, which I believe is around 1958. Arround 1950? As far as I am aware there is no list for Couesnon Saxophone serial numbers. Thanks:) I have silver Couesnon Monopole conservatoires alto sax with serial No 34xx. If anyone doesn't know where to find them, they are sometimes on the front of the sax under one of the right hand pads. As far as I am aware there is no list for Couesnon Saxophone serial numbers. Band director is a sax player (the head is brass), so I'm hoping to get some better input from him this week.
Frankly, these Couesnons don't seem to be well understood at all. We were told it was very badly out of tune, which is what led me here at that time, but it wasn't.
When my older daughter started playing it a few years ago, we had a little misunderstanding about the instrument. There are a few images in this post (from another thread, including detail of the engraving. Does your sax have the words 'monopole conservatoirs' on it? That was Couesnon's top sax. Any idea how old it is? If 11000 was in 1960, then my 14692 makes it mid 60s? I'd rather not replace it, but if I can get it into the hands of someone who knows and appreciates it and get her something better for her right now it seems like a good idea. He said it was a good horn just not for how a student is going to treat it in marching band. We had another guy tell me it was junk, don't put any money into it, but this guy was able to repair it a few years ago when my oldest used it for jazz band. I think it's also harder to work on and he's not familiar with it. Kids aren't that gentle and marching means being outside, laid on the ground, picked up and put down a lot, etc. This is who the school district uses and we trust him. While he did say he could find us something, he wasn't pushing a new instrument. Well, it's been repaired once and needs more work.
This has to be the best conclusive forensic evidence tying a serial number to a date of manufacture of this Couesnon sax. NOUAUX, is the following below the name: '1er Prix du Concours Internationel d'Execution Musicale a Geneve Soliste a la Garde Republicaine'. A fire in 1978 destroyed all records of these great horns.Couesnon is one of.
The serial numbers of the Couesnon Flugesl is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. This particular horn was professionally repaired with a.