I just grabbed this C Melody this afternoon from a guy who had had it stashed away in his basement for 30+ years now after it was given to him by some old timer back in the day... (or at least that's how the story was told to me)
Being that I'm new to this whole world of sax's, I couldn't pass it up, despite knowing absolutely nothing about it.
Anyway, now I've tasked myself with trying to figure out just what I've got here. Aside from a badly dented/bent guard, needing a repad and some minor straightening, it's in pretty respectable condition overall. This was not purchased to resell, but rather try my hand at restoring an old sax.
After studying endless pictures of the Buescher True Tone, and numerous stencils, I'm kind of lost here. I also found an ebay auction for a Harwood, which also appears to be a Buescher Stencil, and it too has the cool gussetted neck and bow guard.
The real head-scratcher here is that the bell has absolutely no engraving on it at all. The serial number and patent stampings are fully intact and pictured below.
Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
Being that I'm new to this whole world of sax's, I couldn't pass it up, despite knowing absolutely nothing about it.
Anyway, now I've tasked myself with trying to figure out just what I've got here. Aside from a badly dented/bent guard, needing a repad and some minor straightening, it's in pretty respectable condition overall. This was not purchased to resell, but rather try my hand at restoring an old sax.
After studying endless pictures of the Buescher True Tone, and numerous stencils, I'm kind of lost here. I also found an ebay auction for a Harwood, which also appears to be a Buescher Stencil, and it too has the cool gussetted neck and bow guard.
The real head-scratcher here is that the bell has absolutely no engraving on it at all. The serial number and patent stampings are fully intact and pictured below.
Can anyone shed some light on this for me?