{"id":29850,"date":"2012-01-17T08:55:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T16:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=29850"},"modified":"2024-05-29T09:29:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:29:17","slug":"bass-buescher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2012\/bass-buescher\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking For A Bass? How About A Buescher?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day I mentioned that lately most bass saxophones that have appeared for sale or auction have been over-priced. Today’s offering on eBay is almost a flashback to what bass saxophone sales used to be like: You know, when a seller put something up for auction, and let the market determine its selling price. This is definitely not an over-priced bass.<\/p>\n

Up for auction is a Buescher-stencilled Carl Fischer, New York bass saxophone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This all-lacquer horn has had a couple of interesting mods done to it to aid in its playability, and is described as follows by the seller:<\/p>\n

An all original Bass Sax made in 1925 by Buescher for Carl Fischer, New York. (Serial #163XXX) This bass is in nice shape with an added bis key. It also has an articulated G# which allows you to play lower notes and jump up to the higher notes much easier! The lacquer is all original with about 85% left, a bit of pitting but for an instrument this age, it is really good shape. Overhauled skillfully by a very good LA repairman who made new pads, resonators, and the Bis and G# keys. This instrument plays well in all of it’s range and comes with a custom Buescher bass mpc which plays great with Rico 2 1\/2 bass sax reeds. Tip was opened to .095 and is reed friendly! This bass was used on a recent Michael Buble CD by Rusty Higgins (amazing LA player) and by myself on many productions of “The Music Man”and on the National Tour of “West Side Story”. I hate to part with this bass sax but I’ve bought a new contra bassoon so this must go. Please inquire about any more details you may need. WInning bid includes a Reunion Blues cordura gig bag, Buyer must pay shipping and insurance. No international shipping on this, sorry. Thanks for looking and Happy Bidding!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh well, sorry ’bout that you international bass sax hunters. I guess you’ll have to keep looking. \ud83d\ude25<\/p>\n

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Now sadly the seller doesn’t include a photo of either the bis Bb or the articulated G# key. However, he is open to answering questions about the horn. So if I was serious about the sax, I’d write to him, and ask for a lot more photos\u2014including photos of these modifications.<\/p>\n

Since the photo below is the only photo of either the left or right hand keys, I can’t say with 100% certainty, but in the photo below it looks to me like the bass might not have pearls. This wouldn’t be unusual since it is a stencil horn<\/a>, and American stencil manufacturers were known to reduce the number of features on saxophones that they made for other companies.<\/p>\n

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The auction for this Buescher-stencilled Carl Fischer bass saxophone<\/a> is scheduled to end on January 23. At the time of writing there were 5 bids on the horn already, with the high bid being $2,075.00. There is no reserve price on this sax.<\/p>\n

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