[mhoyoux]

Hello from Europe!

I ve seen on a website a Buescher TrueTone sopranino in key of C...Have you ever heard informations
about it?!?Thanks

 

[rhysonsax]

Soprano in C - definitely YES, including ones made by Buescher

Sopranino in Eb -definitely YES, including ones made by Buescher.

I suppose that there might conceivably have once been a 'nino in F (but that is pure speculation), but not in C.

Rhys

 

[JayeLID]

Yes, that sounds odd.

I am guessing the seller just noted that it is shorter than a Soprano, and assumed the next step 'up' in small must mean it is a Sopranino....although what he/she really has there is a C Soprano.....

Either that, or it is in fact a true Sopranino, but certainly NOT keyed in C.....

 

[Little Sax]

Ask them to measure the horn and tell you how long it is.

 

[bruce bailey]

C soprano = about 22", sopranino in Eb = about 18".
I suspect it is a C soprano.

 

[ProfLeighton]

Buescher Soprano saxophone lengths: A very belated thank you Bruce!

 

[bruce bailey]

Not just Bueschers as almost all conform. The difference would be if the horn did not have a low Bb, only to B where a Bb horn could be mistaken for a C soprano. Ebay usually has Bb sopranos called sopranino so just beware. An easy way to spot a C is the lever for the low C is very close or over the pad cup. King Bb sopranos have two low C pads whereas the C sopranos have only one. Most Holtons in C go up to high F and most others only go to Eb (except a few rare Bueschers).