I am fairly sure I have seen Cavalier saxes with same-side bellkeys on eFlay from time to time. It might even be fair to hazard a guess that they lasted up until WWII.but no further. I think it is solid to say that they existed into 1938, as there are online examples. I cannot say I have ever seen a post-war Cavalier.at least not by stylistic identification. Therefore, as Conn split-bells ceased to exist in the mid '30's or so.fair to say that your guestimate date on your horn is correct.īTW.there are a lotta PanAms which do not have the 'P' prefix in the serial.and a lotta Conn stencils also are absent the 'P' prefix. Now, in another thread we discuss that, in fact, the sax bodies of PanAms and Conns are the same, it is the keywork and inclusion or exclusion of RTH which make them different. According to the Conn Loyalist site, they were marketed as being 'Produced by the Pan American company'. I do not know when the name brand Cavalier vanished from use. The latest Cavalier instruments I have found were late '30's.these being Cornets and Mellophones.

Conn trumpet serial number 474015