[Grumps]

Curved Buescher True Tone Soprano in Gold Plate.*

*no connection with auction or endorsement of quality; posted for entertainment purposes only

 

[bandmommy]

If I wouldn't have to sell ALL of my sheep and 2 out of 3 kids,,,, :twisted:

 

[Wind_Mill]

At what point did Buescher begin equipping its True-Tones with snap-ons? This one appears not to have them, but I'm under the impression (illusion) the early ones didn't.

 

[Guest]

Looks like a nice horn. I love that two tone burnished/polished gold plate.

 

[J.Max]

At what point did Buescher begin equipping its True-Tones with snap-ons? This one appears not to have them, but I'm under the impression (illusion) the early ones didn't.

I could be wrong, but I think it was after the introduction of the Aristocrats...they never really made an Aristocrat soprano (although I have seen a couple but they are the same as the Tru Tones), but they incorporated the features from the Aristocrat horns on the sopranos.

 

[tjontheroad]

No Paypal excepted kills my GAS. I wonder where in PA it's located. Might be local to me. Nice sax to gander at. Is that an original Buescher mp I wonder???

 

[Rackety Sax]

...Is that an original Buescher mp I wonder???

Looks like it.

Only keyed to high Eb though.

 

[Grumps]

True Tones did have snap-ins, but not this early. I know it's on the site somewhere when they began, but it was before the other upgrades (front F and roller G#). As for being keyed to Eb3; it's not really that hard to get 'em above that.

 

[Dave dix]

Around 170K i think
Dave

 

[TenTenTooter]

I had a chance to buy a similar horn a few months back for only $800, had to let it go because I needed the money elsewhere. I really loved that horn!

 

[Rackety Sax]

I had a chance to buy a similar horn a few months back for only $800, had to let it go because I needed the money elsewhere. I really loved that horn!

Gold-plated?

 

[Seasax]

what could be a more important thing to spend $800 on than a sax????

 

[danarsenault]

My 174xxx TT CMel had snaps before I took them out.

 

[Rackety Sax]

My 174xxx TT CMel had snaps before I took them out.

Courageous man, admitting to taking out snaps on the open forum!

 

[danarsenault]

If it were anything but a CMel I would have left them in. But who in their right mind would buy one of these, let alone put in a zillion hours cleaning, polishing and overhauling? Oh...er,....um

 

[Enviroguy]

If it were anything but a CMel I would have left them in. But who in their right mind would buy one of these, let alone put in a zillion hours cleaning, polishing and overhauling? Oh...er,....um

Your an evil man..

 

[saintsday]

I could be wrong, but I think it was after the introduction of the Aristocrats...they never really made an Aristocrat soprano (although I have seen a couple but they are the same as the Tru Tones), but they incorporated the features from the Aristocrat horns on the sopranos.

The first patent was actually granted in late 1921 and long before the Aristocrats.
Depending on whose chart you trust, that would mean from serials around 100xxx should have snap-ons.

 

[Pinnman]

Snaps were introduced in February 1922 and patented later in the year - November as I recall. That is much earlier than 170K, but later than this beautiful sop.

 

[saintsday]

I could be wrong, but I think it was after the introduction of the Aristocrats...they never really made an Aristocrat soprano (although I have seen a couple but they are the same as the Tru Tones), but they incorporated the features from the Aristocrat horns on the sopranos.

http://www.saxpics.com/buescher/truetone/truetone-snapon.htm

 

[Pinnman]

Oops! One year out with another month out for the patent grant. Not bad for memory ... but could do better, I know.

The key point, of course, is that all these dates are TT territory. Aristocrats were a decade and a half later.