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Re: Key Restoration

Author: BartHx
Date: 2014-02-07 23:18

Chris: Thanks for the suggestions. Those seem like a logical and doable approach. I will take your suggestions and some ring keys to use as patterns to the jeweler and see just what we can accomplish. Because of the soft keys, this instrument would not be for regular use. But, it has the potential to be a thing of beauty with a spectacular sweet tone.

The serial number of this instrument indicates that it was most likely made in the first quarter of 1945. Selmer Paris seems to have made very few instruments during German occupation. However, given that Paris was liberated in August of 1944, I wonder if silver might have been more easily available than nickel or some other appropriate, harder metal when this instrument was made.

What continues to blow my mind is that I got this instrument from the auction site in a double case with a Selmer stenciled (a Buescher True-Tone without the snap in pads) alto sax for just over $300.

Thanks everyone for your input. Given what I expect the cost of the silver work might be, I suspect this could be a long term project (for a retired high school teacher). I'll post a photo when it's finished.

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