With good intentions I purchased for my son a Buescher true tone alto 1929 model. I thought I did good. At least until I talked to my local repair guru. Now I'm looking for a source for pads, a source for snap resonators, and apparently I need a mouthpiece that either came with the horn or a...

Hello, I recently rescued a silver-plated Buescher tru-tone (low pitch, serial# 74140) from Goodwill. Someone decided to clean it and left quite a bit gunk, which I am cleaning off. However, it has a broken spring (needs to be 2" long) and needs new pads. Any suggestions about where I could get...