Alc.
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I decided to keep my 95 year-old Elkhart (built by Buescher) alto. (My grand-nephew can either like the chinese thing I sent him or he can lump it). The old grinder still has the sound I like but looks as though leprosy has set in, probably a long time ago. Now, what do you do with a fine old honker that has seen better days? (I could be speaking of myself) I mean to say that the lacquer is mostly missing. Leading to the question, if I take the remaining lacquer off and go down to bare brass, what is the process (that's #1) and would it be worth the effort? And what is the future of a bare-ass brass saxophone? After the lacquer is removed, is there another procedure to keep the old bastard from being overcome from patina? I am in high-plains New Mexico, hot in summer, snow in winter. Or maybe just play it as is and wear shades as dark as Ray Charles's so I can't see the corrosion? Maybe earmuffs, too.