Is Dorn & Kirshner a Buescher Stencil?

[Kritavi]

I have this very nice old stencil horn that appears to be a Buescher but I would llke to know for sure. Serial # is 7000. It actually plays quite well and was serviced at Rayburns for many years. I will probably end up selling it.

[saxxman747]

Yes it is a Buesher Stencil horn. I have a 1932 Dorn and Kirshner Tenor Saxophone I've had about two years now with Mark V resonators I play it daily and it works very well. I really wanted a Top Hat and Cane but can't afford the big bucks they go for. This is essentially the same horn and if you look at pictures the only real difference is a lot of engraving and a slightly different neck piece.

[paulwl]

A little background...D&K was a music retailer located in Newark, NJ, and later had outlets around the North Jersey area. In the 1920s the Newark flagship store was one of very few music stores that made saxophones their main business.

The main store closed shortly after the Newark riots of '67-'68. Supposedly, Don Stephens of the Nuclear Whales found his contrabass sax in the building many years later, shortly before it was to be condemned.

[Randall]

Talk about bringing back memories!
In 1978 I bought my first Selmer from D&K (they were still in north Jersey at the time)- a MK VII tenor with no engraving and a nice acid bleed under the laq. It came in a Vanguard trey-pack case.
I worked all summer that year to save my money for it and at the end of August I sent D&K a cool thousand and waited for the UPS man.

I believe D&K finally completely folded a year or two later.

[Rackety Sax]

The main store closed shortly after the Newark riots of '67-'68. Supposedly, Don Stephens of the Nuclear Whales found his contrabass sax in the building many years later, shortly before it was to be condemned.

The story as told on the Nuclear Whales website (scroll to "The Mother of All Horns" at http://www.nuclearwhales.com/info.htm) is even more bizarre than this. According to Dean Kirschner, the "Kirschner" in Dorn & Kirschner: "In the 1960's, the horn was apparently found abandoned in a downtown Newark, New Jersey building," he said. "When wreckers searched the building before demolishing it they found many old abandoned musical instruments, including the contrabass." So the horn came close to winding up under the rubble of a demolished building.

[lisalisa823]

I have inherited a Dorn & Kirschener clarinet that is in pretty good shape, it is still in it's original case and i do not play. I am looking to sell it to someone that might apppreciate it. Unfortunatly I have no idea how much it is worth and I was wondering if anyone out there might know. I don't know what year it is but it is at least from the 60's it says Dorn & Kirschner newark NJ on it. Any information would be greatly appreciated and if anyone is interested in it you can contact me at 386-254-9355 or at my e-mail address lisalisa823@yahoo.com. Thank You alll very much.
Sincerely, Lisa Bramlett

[Kritavi]

Funny to see this thread, I think it might have been my very first here...