Here's a blog post about the C melody with links to a description and a sound sample by Mo. Enjoy.
Well, you should be able to find C Melody's for between $50 and $200 pretty easily. It's the refurb that will set you back a pretty penny. And then you have an instrument with the vintage intonation challenges. Pro's wouldn't think twice about playing them. But for intermediate players, they are pretty much unusable except for fun and as a piece of art. But then, maybe that's just me.
Dave, you are correct. I was reading about the C Melody or C tenor and clicked out of the subject area by mistake. The sound bites are indeed of the alto sax.Gandalfe: Am I missing something? All I found was a lot of text about the production the C-tenor and sound clips for two altos (the Aquila and The Martin). I gather the text dates to 2007. What progress has been made in delivering this new C-tenor to market
There's also too large of a supply of decent vintage instruments. While you're probably not going to find another Beaugnier-made Vito C or one of the rumored Yanagisawa horns, you may be able to pick up a late Buescher "Aristocrat" or even a late gold-plated Conn New Wonder transitional.There's too little demand for a new C melody horn to make it worth someone's economic while to produce it.