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To ensure protection during transport to gigs, lessons, and other events, this saxophone comes with a durable case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"quick-info-content\">\n<ul class=\"list\">\n<li>Designed with students and beginners in mind<\/li>\n<li>Post-to-body construction offers a light playing experience<\/li>\n<li>Pisoni pads ensure an excellent seal and response time<\/li>\n<li>Includes quality case and mouthpiece<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trevorjonesltd.co.uk\/altosaxophones.htm\">Other Alto Saxes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trevorjonesltd.co.uk\/Yamaha_Saxes_Alto_Saxophones.htm\">Yamaha Alto Saxes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In the late 1800s, brothers Alexandre and Henri Selmer graduated from the Paris Conservatory as clarinetists. They were the great-grandchildren of French military drum major Johannes Jacobus Zelmer, grandchildren of Jean-Jacques Selmer, the Army Chief of Music, and two of 16 children in this musical family.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Sax_1-0\" class=\"reference\">[1]<\/sup> At the time, musical instruments and accessories were primarily hand made, and professional musicians found it necessary to acquire skills allowing them to make their own accessories and repair and modify their own instruments. 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It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.&#8221; \u00a0<\/span><\/em>Plato<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conn AS650 Alto Saxophone is perfect for students, featuring a brass body and keys for warm, clear tones and impressive projection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":74217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1726],"product_tag":[306,506,907,962],"class_list":{"0":"post-74216","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-alto-saxophones","7":"product_tag-alto","8":"product_tag-conn-selmer","9":"product_tag-premiere","10":"product_tag-sax","11":"product_shipping_class-small-item","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"taxable","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Conn AS650D Alto Sax<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Conn AS650 Alto Saxophone is perfect for students, featuring a brass body and keys for warm, clear tones and impressive projection.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trevorjonesltd.co.uk\/shop\/product\/conn-as650d-alto-sax\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conn AS650D Alto Sax\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Conn AS650 Alto Saxophone is perfect for students, featuring a brass body and keys for warm, clear tones and impressive projection.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/trevorjonesltd.co.uk\/shop\/product\/conn-as650d-alto-sax\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Trevor Jones Brass &amp; 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