Now a True Tone owner

[LennyH]

Hi All,

I just picked up a True Tone on Ebay. $500 even. Let me know what you think:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2504503878&category=16 234

It's pre-font f and is a re-lacquer, but it looks like a pretty nice re-lacquer. I was actually looking to find a horn to overhaul and could have probably found on cheaper but I just plain couldn't take it any more. I needed a tenor, damn it.

Lenny

[dolphy]

I fairly recently aquired a True Tone soprano and I absolutly love it. it has the most wonderfully warm voice.

Enjoy your tenor.

Regards

[paulwl]

It's pre-font f

But not pre-FRONT f! :D It's right there in the picture! You got more than you bargained for there.

Not a bad looking relac, altho I like my Bueschers to be that deep amber color.

Should be a great tenor, priced below its real worth.

[Hornlip]

Pretty horn!!

Clean as it is, I think that's definately a good deal. There's probably even a chance that it's got it's first coating of lacquer -- I'm not sure, but I don't think that Buescher (or any other U.S. maker) offerred a sax with a lacquer finish until the 1930's -- before that it would have been plain brass. Could be that it only got lacquer applied for the first time relatively recently.

[LennyH]

Did I mention I got a tenor? :wink:

[BobD]

A friend of mine got a great deal on a TT tenor. It was given to him. He then had it overhauled for 400 buck. It plays great. I was very impressed that you could play the low end whisper quiet without subtoning. Also, the keywork was surprisingly comfortable. I had no trouble going from my VI to the TT. I can see why people would use this horn for classical music.

[LennyH]

This TT is now in pieces. I completely disassembled it and I'm currently stripping the lacquer. The relacquer was not as good as it looked in the pics and the horn needed new pads, so I decided to spend the time and do it right.

It's going to look great. Let's just hope I can get it back together!

[Hornlip]

Good luck & enjoy!!

I'm getting back my Aristocrat tenor tomorrow from an overhaul, & I can't wait.

[mark_m]

I too just picked up a TruTone tenor from an old family freind, needs a little tune-up to make it playable. It's a silver-plate, single-owner horn, I overpaid but it was my pleasure to do so in this particular context, and it is dent and ding free, 100% silver. I won't have it in my hands for a few weeks, for shipping, meanwhile I'll be shopping for a mouthpiece.

Are these horns relegated totally to classical, or do they have the flexibility to be used in other areas as well? What mouthpieces are being used for greatest tonal flexibility, while maintaining good intonation?

[morgan]

Are these horns relegated totally to classical, or do they have the flexibility to be used in other areas as well? What mouthpieces are being used for greatest tonal flexibility, while maintaining good intonation?


Well, they do work particularly well in an electric-guitar blues situation, if that helps you at all. A vintage Gregory Model A mouthpiece works nicely.

[mark_m]

Definitely helpful - just the sort of thing I need to know - what sorts of mouthpieces are working in what contexts - thanks a bunch!