1923 Burnished Gold Buescher True Tone Alto Saxophone - McLean Resto-Haul

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I am very pleased to offer an Al McLean overhauled instrument this week. This is a 1923 Buescher True Tone in an unusual \'reversed-burnished\' finish. Usually gold plated Bueschers are mostly satin gold plate, with some burnished areas inside the engraving. This horn is almost entirely burnished gold plate (of a relatively high karat gold), with some fine detailed satin within the engraving pattern.Engraving is quite extensive, and very detailed. The instrument has been immaculately rebuilt by the best technician/player around, Al McLean. Al has used all traditional materials - shellac, cork and wool felt, with the exception of firm, modern pads. Al has hand turned a set of custom resonators for this instrument, giving them a distressed finish. Resonator diameters are relatively small, exposing quite a bit of leather pad, which probably adds to this saxophones exceptional voice.I have had the pleasure of hearing the horn played, and it has an amazingly sweet and warm voice. I would say that this is absolutely perfect for classical chamber music, or for a character Jazz sound that emphasizes warmth and woodiness.Other brass and woodwind instruments available are:H.N. White King curved soprano saxophone
Buescher curved soprano saxophone
Pan American (Conn stencil) curved soprano saxophone
Courtois Bb cornet, circa 1920Ribbon, condenser and dynamic microphones available are:
Rare Toshiba RCA 77-A clone
RCA 77-D in chrome / TV grey
RCA 77-DX in chrome / TV grey
Western Electric 639B ribbon / dynamic microphone
Altec 639B ribbon / dynamic microphone
Kinap Lomo 10a1 ribbon dynamic microphone (based on W.E. 639 & 1142)
Matsuda RCA 44-A clone
Shure 55s small & Fatboy chrome microphones (some New Old Stock)
Schoeps M221B Microphones (multiple) with Telefunken AC701K Tubes
RCA 77-C ribbon microphone for repair
Large chrome Bruno ribbon microphone (permanent magnets like the RCA 44)
Shure 330 ribbon microphone
Electro-Voice EV 650 chrome dynamic microphone
Philips EL 6040 dynamic microphoneRFT MV691RFT MV692RFT PM750Neumann Gefell M582 tube microphones

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Weekly shipping is on Wednesday (please try to make payment prior). For Canadian shipping, please inquire, I have offices in Champlain NY, and Montreal, Quebec.

Paymentby Paypal. Payment is to be received by seller in 3 days following close of sale. Weekly shipping upon receipt of payment. Picture(s) are of actual item(s) saleed. Refund less shipping if item is not as described (5 day inspection period).

Please visit my other sales for a selection of recently acquired musical instruments and cameras.

**Movie Alert**

Please tune into a number of \'Jazz, Period.\' installments, which feature horns from my business in the hands of great artists. Al McLean and Kevin Dean take up a number of vintage saxophones and trumpets in my ongoing video exploration of the Montreal Jazz community.

Some horns you will see and hear are a 1944 Martin Handcraft Committee trumpet, three vintage Selmer Mark VI saxes (tenor, alto and soprano), gold plated Buescher Big B alto and Besson flugelhorn, a unique full body engraved Martin C Melody, and a gorgeous Conn Artist Special cornet dating to 1940

Visit my YouTube page to view over 100 films about Jazz, many with vintage mics.

Click below to see and hear Al McLean in action on the tenor version of this horn:

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