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1936 CONN 10M NAKED LADY EXC PLAYIN.G COND. RESO-TECH / PISONI SETUP NO RESERVE
Estimated price for orientation: 2 100 $
Category: Saxophones
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Description Brand: Buescher Exact Year: 1949
FROM 1936, THIS WAS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE FULL 10M. THIS IS AN OLD RELAQUER. LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN A CAREFUL JOB DONE, AS SEEN BY THE PHOTOS. THE ENGRAVING IS VERY CLEAR, WITH NO BUFFING EVIDENT. IT IS NOT PITTING, I WOULD CALL IT FRECKLING INSTEAD. OVERHAULED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR WITH RESO-TECH OVERSIZE SOLID BRASS RESOS, WITH PISONI PROPADS. AN AFTERMARKET THUMBHOOK WAS INSTALLED, AND IT FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE. IT WRAPS AROUND THE TUBE, RATHER THAN STICKING OUT.THE NECK HAS ONE RESOLDER OF A OCTAVE KEY POST. THERE WAS A DENT UNDER IT, WHICH WAS RESTORED TO ROUND. NO EVIDENCE OF PULLDOWN, REPAIRED OR OTHERWISE. THE TENON IS FIT VERY WELL. MEDIUM SPRING TENSION, NATURAL CORK, SYNTHETIC, TEFLON USED WHERE APPROPRIATE.PLAY-WISE I WOULD SAY IT'S GOT A RATHER FOCUSED DELIVERY FOR A CONN OF THIS AGE. POWERFUL YES, IT CAN BE QUITE COMMANDING, AND HAS VERY GOOD INTONATION.DUE TO EXPERIENCE WITH A DAMAGED TENOR RECEIVED RECENTLY IN A HEAVY VINTAGE CASE, I WOULD RATHER NOT USE A CASE AT ALL, INSTEAD A THICK BUBBLE WRAP WITH PEANUT FLOAT AND DOUBLE BOX. THIS WILL BE LEFT FOR THE WINNING BIDDER TO DECIDE. BID ACCORDINGLY.
LOWER 48 STATES ONLY PLEASE
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| Brand: | Buescher | Exact Year: | 1949 |
FROM 1936, THIS WAS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE FULL 10M. THIS IS AN OLD RELAQUER. LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN A CAREFUL JOB DONE, AS SEEN BY THE PHOTOS. THE ENGRAVING IS VERY CLEAR, WITH NO BUFFING EVIDENT. IT IS NOT PITTING, I WOULD CALL IT FRECKLING INSTEAD. OVERHAULED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR WITH RESO-TECH OVERSIZE SOLID BRASS RESOS, WITH PISONI PROPADS. AN AFTERMARKET THUMBHOOK WAS INSTALLED, AND IT FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE. IT WRAPS AROUND THE TUBE, RATHER THAN STICKING OUT.THE NECK HAS ONE RESOLDER OF A OCTAVE KEY POST. THERE WAS A DENT UNDER IT, WHICH WAS RESTORED TO ROUND. NO EVIDENCE OF PULLDOWN, REPAIRED OR OTHERWISE. THE TENON IS FIT VERY WELL. MEDIUM SPRING TENSION, NATURAL CORK, SYNTHETIC, TEFLON USED WHERE APPROPRIATE.PLAY-WISE I WOULD SAY IT'S GOT A RATHER FOCUSED DELIVERY FOR A CONN OF THIS AGE. POWERFUL YES, IT CAN BE QUITE COMMANDING, AND HAS VERY GOOD INTONATION.
DUE TO EXPERIENCE WITH A DAMAGED TENOR RECEIVED RECENTLY IN A HEAVY VINTAGE CASE, I WOULD RATHER NOT USE A CASE AT ALL, INSTEAD A THICK BUBBLE WRAP WITH PEANUT FLOAT AND DOUBLE BOX. THIS WILL BE LEFT FOR THE WINNING BIDDER TO DECIDE. BID ACCORDINGLY.
LOWER 48 STATES ONLY PLEASE