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Buescher Aristocrat 281615

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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, Art Deco

DATE: 1937

MANUFACTURER: The Buescher Band Instrument Company

PRODUCTION LOCATION: Elkhart, IN, United States

PRODUCT LINE: Aristocrat

MODEL:  127

TYPE: Tenor

SERIAL NO.: 281615

FINISH: Gold Lacquer, "Finish A"

CATALOG NO.: BR281615BbTC

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.  The Aristocrat revision of the model 127 was produced from 1935 until 1941. Well known players of the Aristocrat Saxophones include Sonny Rollins and Johnny Hodges.

Features

Its mechanical improvements over the model 127 "True Tone" and “New Aristocrat” (produced 1910-1935) include a redesigned neck taper, relocated toneholes, 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 127 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 127 was available in all of Buescher’s standard finishes.

This example is in its original gold lacquered 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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