Klarinet Archive - Posting 000443.txt from 1998/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] value of old tenor
Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 23:57:00 -0400

At 02:28 PM 5/9/98 PDT, Kevin Fay wrote:
>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.
>
Bundys have always sounded OK and are quite durable. But the archaic
keywork makes them undesireable for serious playing. My first tenor was an
old Bundy, and I had a Buescher alto that was a perfect match for it,
differing only in lacquer color and the name engraved on it. Once I
acquired my Mark VI alto, I realised how ergonomically inferior the Bundy
was and ditched it for a Yamaha 52 pronto!

By the way, the guy who plays 2nd alto in the big band I play lead in uses
a 1938-vintage Buescher. Sweet-sounding horn! He is the ORIGINAL owner!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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