Things you find in a 'reuse' shop...

You’re taking a big gamble if it doesn’t have the neck.

I would think a Bundy neck would probably work.

From the look of the horn, I bet he did not risk a lot, had to be a salvage price for the brass or make a wall hanger kinda price.

It’s true- finding even a junk neck will set me back more than the horn did.

I was really going in for a Shooting Star junker for parts. But for the same money, I couldn’t leave this one there.
Its serial puts it in the middle of 1918…

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gaaaaa- GAS.

thats a 1960,s built horn

Looks like the Elk genie is long gone. I'd give it a rub just to make sure.

TobyB said:

Its serial puts it in the middle of 1918…

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Elkharts have their own serial numbers. The usual Buescher serial number chart is not accurate for these. It is not nearly that old.

super20dan said:

thats a 1960,s built horn

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It's not that new either. According to the extensive research done by @badenia, Buescher dropped the Elkhart brand in 1958. The "Built by Buescher" engraving was introduced in 1950. Therefore this sax should be from the 1950s.

TobyB said:

I was really going in for a Shooting Star junker for parts. But for the same money, I couldn’t leave this one there.
Its serial puts it in the middle of 1918…

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Elkhart had their own sequence, so if it appears to be in 1918 on the Buescher chart, it's actually from the late '40s or early '50s.

I think the Elkharts stopped around 1955.

Yes, the Bundy neck fits. Plus there's all those Chinese necks on eBay too. Big rich tone on those horns.

TobyB said:

Thanks! I"ll give the Bundy a shot.

These details were what confused me, but 50's makes a lot more sense.

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@JayeLID may have a neck for one of these. Should be a decent player. You could probably trade him the SS for a neck

I may have offered $20, because once had, it becomes a drive for a neck and a case, along with the overhaul it requires. Even DYI you are going to be hundreds of dollars into an instrument that you can sell for maybe a few hundred of dollars.

Yep. Of course. Not everything is done for profit.

"Elkharts have their own serial numbers. "
My Google-fu is failing me-
Can someone link me to a list?

thanks,
t

TobyB said:

"Elkharts have their own serial numbers. "
My Google-fu is failing me-
Can someone link me to a list?

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There isn't a published list, at least not yet.

At risk of causing yet another scandal, here's at least a start for postwar instruments:

30000 1946
36000 1948
44000 1950
52000 1952
71000 1954
81000 1956
102000 1958

JfW said:

I may have offered $20, because once had, it becomes a drive for a neck and a case, along with the overhaul it requires. Even DYI you are going to be hundreds of dollars into an instrument that you can sell for maybe a few hundred of dollars.

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Not everyone is looking to flip an instrument.

Hoosier Ken said:

Not everyone is looking to flip an instrument.

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Neither usually am I, having sold like maybe two or three over twenty years. However, I'm not sure why people think it isn't something that you should keep in mind.

JfW said:

Neither usually am I, having sold like maybe two or three over twenty years. However, I'm not sure why people think it isn't something that you should keep in mind.

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I don't know about everyone but I know that I seem to have too much money because I keep buying frivolous stuff that I don't need. It gives me a good feeling when I can rescue something that probably does not yet have much value. Every now and again I discover something really good like the gold plated Conn C-mel I got on Shopgoodwill. I figure that probably there will come a point that whatever it is that it will be valuable to someone sooner or later. Besides a 1950s, American made musical instrument, even a student one has at least nostalgia going for it. I would even venture to say that put back in playable condition will out perform the inexpensive offerings on Amazon.

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However, I'm not sure why people think it isn't something that you should keep in mind.

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It certainly was a thought, but the thought quickly turned to
"that's less than half of what a set of pads for it are going to cost"
I like fixing them- I suppose that's the carrot, here. Even with a cheap
Bundy clone neck, I'll have less than $200 into it, and if it plays OK
when I'm done with it, I'll be a happy camper..

And thanks, Stocker-
that's plenty close for a 'reuse' find!
We'll see what the Bari player has to say
about it!

t