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Buescher Aristocrat 281224

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SUMMARY: Introduced in 1932, the Aristocrat line would be Buescher’s mainstay line of saxophones until well after Selmer USA bought the company in 1963.

COLLOQUIAL NAMES: Aristocrat, Series 1, Series I, Pre-Big B

DATE: 1938

MANUFACTURER: The Buescher Band Instrument Company

PRODUCTION LOCATION: Elkhart, IN, United States

PRODUCT LINE: Aristocrat

MODEL:  135

TYPE: Alto

SERIAL NO.: 281224

FINISH: Velvet Silver Plated, "Finish C"

CATALOG NO.: BR281224EbAC

PROVENANCE:

On Loan From Saxquest Logo

 

History

Introduced in 1932, the Aristocrat line would be Buescher’s mainstay line of saxophones until well after Selmer USA bought the company in 1963. The line would see several redesigns with changes to their aesthetics and mechanisms as late as the 1960s.  Model 135 was produced from 1932 until 1941. Well known players of the Aristocrat Saxophones include Sonny Rollins and Johnny Hodges.

Features

Its mechanical improvements over the model 135 “New Aristocrat” (produced 1932-1935) include a redesigned neck taper, an enlarged G# key touch, a two-piece G# trill mechanism that allows one-fingered operation of the trill, a tab linking the G# touch to the other left hand pinky keys allowing them to actuate G#, a revised low C# key that broke up the formerly one-piece key into a lever that pulls a linkage that opens the C# key, Low Bb was moved to the left side of the bell allowing a direct drive feel, and Buescher’s “Acousta-Bell” process. The model 135 Aristocrat retains the Norton scew-in springs and Snap-On pads but the standard production units saw the elimination of the Eb trill key as well as the raised brass plate on the bottom bow guard. The pinky key rollers were changed from black to the amber-colored rollers that would be synonymous with Buescher’s professional model saxophones until the late 1960s. The model 135 was available in all of Buescher’s standard finishes.

This example is in its original velvet silver plated finish. The engraving reads “The Buescher Aristocrat Elkhart - Ind. - US.” The Buescher name is stylized as the company’s logo and the text is surrounded by a floral-influenced Art Deco motif.

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