Buescher Straight Alto Saxophone 1926
These are extremely rare and mysterious. Why did they make them? How many did they make? Why did they stop making them? I suppose it's not really all that mysterious though. My guess is they made them because labor was cheap and there was little to lose in trying something new, but the market did not support the supply so they fell by the way side. Of course now, they are so rare as to be prohibitively expensive. Nonetheless, the mystery is real. All you have to do is be in the presence of one and you some to a full stop. Full aesthetic arrest. While the curved version of these Tru-Tones are difficult to give away for free, the straight horns change almost everything. Playing it is very unusual and exciting, it is at once fundamentally a Tru-Tone, but playing it led naturally to much freer and more intuitive exploration, so it is in so many ways not like a Tru-Tone at all. Not even close. I don't discount the psychology of it. It may be in my head, but it's real. Very real. This horn is so cool. Complete original Snaps too.
These are extremely rare and mysterious. Why did they make them? How many did they make? Why did they stop making them? I suppose it's not really all that mysterious though. My guess is they made them because labor was cheap and there was little to lose in trying something new, but the market did not support the supply so they fell by the way side. Of course now, they are so rare as to be prohibitively expensive. Nonetheless, the mystery is real. All you have to do is be in the presence of one and you some to a full stop. Full aesthetic arrest. While the curved version of these Tru-Tones are difficult to give away for free, the straight horns change almost everything. Playing it is very unusual and exciting, it is at once fundamentally a Tru-Tone, but playing it led naturally to much freer and more intuitive exploration, so it is in so many ways not like a Tru-Tone at all. Not even close. I don't discount the psychology of it. It may be in my head, but it's real. Very real. This horn is so cool. Complete original Snaps too.