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A Wld of Music
performance with Dizzy Gillespie, Bud
Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach in
Toronto's Massey Hall in 1953.
Mark's collection also includes
manufacturing brochures, catalogs
(in file folders and in notebooks with
plastic pockets), books, periodicals, and
recordings. Civil War veteran G.C. Conn
was a prominent citizen in his Hoosier
community, first becoming the mayor in
1880. In 1888, he was elected to the Indiana
House of Representatives and from 1893
to 1895, served in the United States House
of Representatives. Other related Conn
memorabilia on display includes the large
family Bible with dates of birth, marriage, and
death, as well as his Congressional autograph
book.
The mission of the museum is "to present
an extraordinary collection of rare and
historically significant saxophones and to
preserve and study the history and current
progress of the saxophone." By all accounts, it
is exactly on target.
For more information about the products
and services at Saxquest as well as its unique
museum upstairs, go to www.saxquest.
com. Mark recommends his other website,
saxophone.org, which is a virtual museum
as well as a research site. Noteworthy is the
1924 film "Buescher Factory: The Fine Art
of Musical Instrument Making, Saxophone
Production." I learned a lot watching this
historical and fascinating silent movie.
Jayne I. Hanlin is an
initiate of Alpha Omicron
and current member of
the St. Louis Alumnae
chapter. Mrs. Hanlin,
the sister of famed pianist
Malcolm Frager, is the co-
author of Learning Latin Through
Mythology (Cambridge University
Press, 1991).
At left, Saxquest owner Mark Overton with a Conn-O-Sax. Above, a repair technician. At left, Saxquest owner Mark Overton with a Conn-O-Sax. Above, a repair technician.
