Boosey & Hawkes "Alto" Neck C Melodies

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Two of them on eBay France at the moment. One's a more "traditionally" keyed horn that's being sold as a "straight neck tenor." The second one is a few lines down and is being sold as a high pitch C melody (which the other one probably is, too). Look at all that extra keywork. The right hand keywork is very similar to an old JW York model I wrote about awhile ago.

Of course, the neck is also pretty interesting. Most C melodies have a Bb tenor-style neck. There were only a few makes and models before WWII that used the alto-style neck, with Conn as the most memorable.


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