I agree on the Buesher! I have a big B bari! My tenor is an SML Rev D.

Hello! I'm happy to hear you talk so enthusiastically about this Buescher Sax. They are simply special horns. My first sax was (by chance) a Selmer Bundy tenor, according to the serial number from 1960. I liked it from the start and wanted to find out more about it. I now play a Buescher Super 400 tenor (approx. 1961). I'm thrilled with the horn every day, it's just great. Thank you for your video!

Love your approach to the horn. In my experience you are right in that, whatever horn you settle on, it will only sound great after it is stuck in your face for enough time. Thanks for keeping the tradition alive.

I have a Buescher true-tone Alto. 1928. Special horns!! Yours sounds amazing. You're a great player.

Thats a Deep luxurious sound . Beautiful Horn

Insane that you got one in such mint condition! The Big B is my first professional horn too and I love it!

Exquisite sound on a great horn! Congrats.

Yeah that's a total find. Nice work.

BEAUTIFUL SAX N PLAYING.TQ

Gorgeous horn, what a beauty

Nice work. That horn must have been the find of the century! All original, no damage/marks/wear, obviously sealed in its case 😍. I have a Buescher Super 400 Alto circa 1959/60 (B/Bb tone holes on rear of bell). It plays so well, and yet it looks like hell 🙄. It's had a hard life, but that shows that it has been enjoyed and played during its 63 or so years.

Gorgeous sound! Love it!

It's tempting to call Bueschers a "classical" horn. It's part of the reason jazz players steer clear of them. Another reason is lack of name cachet - Buescher shared directors with Conn for years, and Conn got almost all the endorsement deals until Selmer started taking over the pro market. But there really wasn't a classical saxophone teaching/recital tradition in the US till it originated around Cecil Leeson in the 30s. (He played Martins, btw.) We got Sigurd Rascher as an emigré during WW2, and Larry Teal began teaching on Selmers after the war. However, there was a _pre_-classical precedent. Gus Buescher modeled his 1888 Conn on an Adolphe Sax alto whose timbre he liked. And he kept that horn, and modeled his saxes on it when he began his own company. He felt strongly enough about it to appear with it in a short film in 1924. It was a 1928 True-Tone that Rascher chose back in Germany, learning somewhere along the way that the horn and mouthpiece were inspired by Sax. In 1933 he replaced it with a New Aristocrat, which he played till retirement. This is the one sax _least_ associated with jazz (a shame - they're incredible instruments).

Wouhaou, beautiful sax ! 🤩🥰 If you know where to find such a horn like that, never played, never owned, just let me know 😃🙏

Great video an amazing beautiful sound. Congratulations

That’s a wild horn 💎

Sounding great Jake!

Very nice playing, and great info. I actually have a 156, with the script engraving. Bought it from a friend who's father cherished the horn before his passing. My friend virtually gave it to me for $90. I let him know the value of the horn, which did need a complete rebuild and demolding. He just wanted to make sure that it went to someone who would use it. What I missed was the value of the Dukoff Fluted chamber that was included with the horn. Boy, was I surprised when I looked into that! The horn has been in the shop, and I'm patiently waiting to get my hands on it. My first tenor was actually an Aristocrat stencil, that I gave to a student once I got my SA80. I love my Selmer, and have felt very much at home with it for nearly 20 years, but part of me always longed to get an old Buescher fixed up. IMO, of all of the American Manufacturers, Buescher was the closest true competition to Selmer in regards of overall feel of the mechanism.

this horn is beautiful

Parmi les 2 ou 3 meilleurs saxophones jamais fabriqués.

What an amazing find in stunning condition. Curious to know what you paid for it. I'm sure it was waiting for you, I had a similar experience with a perfecta mouthpiece and I had the feeling it was waiting for me

I was spoiled in high school when I got to play a Couf bari and tenor. Made anyone who played them sound like they were highly experienced professionals. Easiest horn too make sound good. Almost played themselves.

Nice sound and beautiful horn. I ran across a similar big B alto in mint, unused condition and bought it a couple of years ago. True closet horn. even the case smells new. Plays well, but I like my King silversonic better, so I'll be trying to sell it. If you, or anyone you know would be interested, let me know.

Glad I found you. I started playing my Buescher T & C in 1955 at the age 12. Back then is cost $575. Sold it in 2005 for the amount of $2500. Sound like a good deal or not?

Really enjoyed your review and your playing. A widow friend showed me the horn that her hubby had owned for many years, a Buescher Big B alto. It's in beautiful condition, probably needing some pads. I want to buy it but because she is a friend, I want to give her a fair price. Is $1,000 in the ballpark?

You have great sound. Much better than most of todays tenor players. Beautiful example. What a treat!

Very nice, what is the tip opening of your Dukoff fluted chamber?

Please tell the story of finding and buying it.

I have a Buescher Big B tenor as well as a Selmer Series III. Both are great horns. I find the Buescher has a better sound; however, the Selmer feels better.

Very nice review and lovely playing! I agree with you about those old Buescher, I also think they are the best Tenors ever made. I am currently playing a 1936 Aristocrat Tenor Art Deco and I love it to bits, it is something special, in between a Conn and a Selmer, more focus than a Conn but also plenty of body and warmth, more than Selmers to my hears. The ergonomic although not as good as Selmer is much better than any Conn and the intonation is also better than Conn and many Selmer from that era I have played. I have tried it side by side with a Selmer Radio Improved and the differences were negligible, but the price of the Buescher was 65% less than the Radio Improved... Everyone seem to want SBAs, Mark VIs and 10Ms but these are killers and still affordable, good for us until it last :-)

I think you`r wrong..... the best Saxophone ever made is Naked Lady Conn 10M dude... before 1948... but yours is nice.

Hello is this sax for sale?

The tone is beautiful, but I suspect it's 90% player and 10% horn.....

Sonny rollins played a beuscher b4 the selmer

Hi man ! I have aristocrat too. And its best sound for sure :) and sax is not havy at all. Hope to listen again your music !