This soprano plays on the darker side for sure, with good balance in its tone and a colorful timbre. The pads are in good overall condition with lots of life left in them, and the sax is playing well with a lively, quick key action. This horn was repadded most recently with firm leather pads and metal Noyek resonators. The attached neck popped off at some point and has been resoldered, but that's the only previous repair that I see anywhere on this soprano. Since that work, the horn shows nominal finish wear, mostly on the back side of the body tube. It is currently silver plated, but I don't think the silver is factory original, as the engraving is just a bit too “smoothed over.” However, the plating is definitely old, and if I had to guess, I would think this horn was originally an unlacquered, bare brass horn sold by Buescher, and was later factory silver plated. Contrary to the experience of many, I've found intonation to be best for me with an old scrolled long shank Selmer Soloist C or Larry Teal model, although. I like the key placement and very positive feel better than most modern horns with the exception of a post too close to the octave key. Being such an early vintage Buescher, it features metal touches instead of pearls, and keywork to high Eb. The alto that gets the most play is a 1927 True Tone.
There are a few things of note for this old gem. Usually we keep horns like this for our museum, but we've decided to let this beauty go for another collector to enjoy.
Buescher true tone alto saxophone serial numbers serial number#
This is one of the oldest Buescher sopranos we've ever sold, a 1909 vintage True Tone with serial number 10293.
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