saxplorer
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I'm now the proud owner of a 1965 Buescher Aristocrat Tenor, my first GAS purchase off the fleabay. And I'm really rather chuffed.
Link here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=141079761434&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:3160
Interesting history. Would love to validate some of that.
"This instrument was probably manufactured in 1965, some 5 years after Buescher was bought out by Selmer. What has made this sax difficult to identify is that the serial number is the only engraving on it, except for “Buescher” on the G# key. After the Selmer takeover, my understanding is that the tooling remained essentially the same, up to about the mid - 400,000 serial"
"used to play on board the Atlantic Liners to New York and back"
I paid £207 as can be seen, and for that money it seems to me, a fine beast. In good nick, nice tone - to my ear (even if I am going somewhat flat when I try too hard in the upper register) - Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/saxplorer/hesitating-blues
One thing I find awkward and that is the low C# requires an awful lot of effort from the left hand pinky. And when I first picked it up, it felt a little "twisted" in my hands, but I've more or less accommodated to that now.
I'll take some pics when I get a chance and add them here.
Link here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=141079761434&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:3160
Interesting history. Would love to validate some of that.
"This instrument was probably manufactured in 1965, some 5 years after Buescher was bought out by Selmer. What has made this sax difficult to identify is that the serial number is the only engraving on it, except for “Buescher” on the G# key. After the Selmer takeover, my understanding is that the tooling remained essentially the same, up to about the mid - 400,000 serial"
"used to play on board the Atlantic Liners to New York and back"
I paid £207 as can be seen, and for that money it seems to me, a fine beast. In good nick, nice tone - to my ear (even if I am going somewhat flat when I try too hard in the upper register) - Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/saxplorer/hesitating-blues
One thing I find awkward and that is the low C# requires an awful lot of effort from the left hand pinky. And when I first picked it up, it felt a little "twisted" in my hands, but I've more or less accommodated to that now.
I'll take some pics when I get a chance and add them here.