buescher super 400 soprano saxophone serial numbers

This tenor is rich and full of color. Bueschers like this tune well with a wide range of mouthpieces, and they can do anything from classical to jazz to R&B. So many of the modern options I hear people playing are different flavors of bland and rather hollow-sounding. It has that classic American straight-ahead projection that fills a room whether you are amplified or not. It would be pretty hard to sound bad on this tenor. It has a centered, warm tone with excellent response and intonation. This is extra work, but worth it to do right the first time.) (If you watch Matt Stohrer’s video on Buescher overhauls, you’ll see what I mean. It has the snaps and spuds intact, but has correct style ‘real’ pad work that works around the spuds. It is hard to find this desirable version of the vintage Buescher tenor in good shape, and this one is better than all but a few. That is now fixed, and the rest of the horn is quite nice. The missing lacquer on the back of the bow doesn’t show when you play, and is from a small dent that was removed a bit to vigorously at some point. The keywork is in great condition – nice and tight. Exclusive (neck-lock design holds the neck in place better so) it cant leak. This tenor just got a full mechanical overhaul, and I mean the works! When I got it, it had new pads, but the pad work was not that good, so now it has a really great overhaul and plays excellently. The new Super '400' Bueschers are infinitely improved from mouthpiece to bell New improved upper octave key mechanism for better altissimo response. It’s one of the most beautiful vintage Bueschers, with extensive engraving and gorgeously translucent, dark nitrocellulose lacquer. This is an original lacquer Buescher Aristocrat Big B tenor with the desirable small bell. The Yanagisawa stencil Corton Deluxe to low a A (B6 model) was also a better alternative to Beuscher.Price JUST reduced mid May 2020! This is an excellent deal! A Weltklang or B&S Blue Label baritoneto low A for less money. It was not easy for the American manufactors to compete with the new and low priced brands back in late the 70's. Does it means Beuscher (Selmer US) changed necks on the late 400's? The earliy models had underslung octave key and double braces but I've seen late 400's necks with just underslung octave key. The Beuscher 400 necks and underslung octave key changed. There are often damaged on the body and bell. Hard to find 400's tenors in good shape for the right money. The only American pro horn that I've never owned. The Beuscher 400's (TH&C) are very good horns.

Thier best models became a more intermadiate models. I sold new Beuscher 400 (low C#, B, B# leys, rear right back) but the tenors and altos had bell keys on feft side.īeuscher went in the direction as Conn in the 50's.

Buescher super 400 soprano saxophone serial numbers