There is "fern leaf" engraving which is the feather like engraving that spirals around and surrounds the Buescher name. You see three distinct engraving styles represented here. Note the unique engraving on this instrument. In 1901, Buescher saxophones were advertised at $40 for the soprano, $50 for the alto, and $98 for the bari sax, all in silver plate finish.
Buescher true tone alto saxophone serial numbers series#
As expected, they are nearly identical to the first series Conn saxophones. These early Buescher saxophones feature soldered on tone holes and the older style double octave mechanism. Only about 1000-2500 Buescher saxophones were made under The Buescher Manufacting Company name. While starting off on his own in 1894, it was a few years before Buescher started making saxophones for himself. Conn, Buescher spearheaded the efforts there to produce the first saxophone in America circa 1887. Its estimated that this saxophone was manufactured in the late 1890's, before the banrupcy and reorganization which changed Buescher's name from The Buescher Manufacturing Company to The Buescher Band Instrument Company in 1904.īuescher had completed many important experiments with the saxophone, using an original instrument from Adolphe Sax as a model. While a foreman with C.G. This is an extremely rare example of a first generation Buescher True Tone saxophone.
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