Klarinet Archive - Posting 000432.txt from 1998/05

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] value of old tenor
Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 17:28:42 -0400

The Buescher True-Tone was the Saxophone that Sigurd Rascher played on
for virtually all of his adult life. It is revered by a subset of
classical saxophone fanatics.

When Selmer bought the Buescher company, the tooling for the Buescher
saxophone was used to create the Bundy! While many of you will
undoubtedly blanch, fact is that the old style Bundy saxophone was a
pretty usable horn.

kjf

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From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 21:13:30 -0500
Subject: Re: [kl] value of old tenor

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From: Michael A. Wilson <mwilson@-----.gov>
Date: Thursday, May 07, 1998 1:17 PM
Subject: [kl] value of old tenor

>Hi,
>
>Its really hard to say. Two factors that will affect the value are the
>overall condition of the plating or laquer and any dents or dings (or
>evidence of their repair). Another important consideration is if the
>horn is a Low Pitch or High Pitch instrument. Low Pitch models were
>designed for around A=440, and the High Pitch models were somewhat
higher
>(I am being vague here because I don't remember what the European
standard
>tuning was at the beginning of this century. I want to say A=456, but
that
>could be completely off the wall), and are difficult to play in tune at
>A@-----.
>
>There is still some demand for old Bueschers. Rascher and his school
were
>proponents of the Bueschers, as they were closest to Sax's original
design,
>and I belive that most, if not all, of the Rascher quartet play on
vintage
>Buescher instruments (and using Buescher mpc's!).
>
>If the horn needs a complete overhaul and polishing and no other
repair,
>you're looking at $450 or more (at least here in the San Francisco bay
area).
>I know that later Bueschers used the Norton springs and snap-in pads,
but I
>don't know if the Tru-Tones used them.
>
>I checked a couple of web pages (Charles Fail in Atlanta and the
Wichita
>Band Instrument used instrument page) and was surprised, as you, to
find
>no Tru-Tones up for sale there. I suspect that if the horn were
completely
>overhauled and in good mechanical and physical condition with a good
>(but not necessarily original case) it would be worth between $800 and
$1200.
>
>Your best bet is to have a local repairman look over the horn and give
you
>some estimates. Anyway, if you're looking to sell the horn you pretty
much
>have to guess if you can more than recoup the cost of the overhaul when
>you sell it. That will depend on where you are and how long you're
willing
>to wait.
>
>If you're looking to fix it up and play, then go for it (unless its
really
>been beaten to death) because you will have a fine sax for $400-$500,
>especially if you're going to play classical.
>
> Well, those are my opinions, anyway, good luck,
>Mike
>
> Hello All:

I agree with what you have to say and just wanted to add that, if you
would
like to hear someone really perform fine solo work on an old Buescher
Alto,
get the CD by Lawrence Gwozdz, saxophone teacher at the University of
Southern Mississippi. I think the title of the CD is Tribute to Sigurd
Rascher. He is a fine player and teacher and will be releasing another
CD
soon. This one is available at the Woodwind & Brasswind and other
discount
instrument dealers. I've even been told that someone purchased it at
Barnes
& Noble.

Enjoy,

Carl Schexnayder

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