The Bundy line was marketed at the same time and the instruments were made side-by-side using many of the same parts. The post-Selmer Buescher saxophones are essentially Selmer Bundy saxophones. In fact, Selmer retained most all of the Buescher factory workers. Production barely skipped a beat after the acquisition. They had already purcahsed Harry Peddler & Sons in 1959 and acquired the Vincent Bach Corporation, Mount Vernon, New York in September of 1961. The Selmer board and shareholders were also in acqusition mode. Wonder New Wonder (Chu Berry) Transitional M Series (. In 1963, it was mostly a turn-key operation that Selmer felt they could greatly expand upon. In both cases work was often the cheapest bidder so you can not assume that all Silvertone Saxophone was made by Buescher although the only Silvertones that have been reported so far are Buzzer stencils tonehole after World War II deduction 20 Alto lost microtuner in the 50 Maturity octave got a mechanism in the 50 and all were given nickel. True Tone Aristocrat Big B & 400 Series Company acquired by Selmer Conn. Moderate play-wear - Available at Thursday Vintage Guitar & Music. Furthermore, a dealer network was already established. Circa 1923 Buescher True - Tone Low Pitch Silver Alto Saxophone, Serial Number 122851. The Buescher factory was already tooled for saxophone production and a great deal of past advertising and goodwill had gone into the Buescher saxophone since the 1920's. One of the major reasons for this purcahse was that Selmer planned to enter into saxophone manufacturing. It's true the Big B tends to be more highly valued, so if you want one of the later 'Big Bs,' you'd do well to look for a 140/156 (with script engraving) in the 33x,xxx serial range.On Febuary 1 of 1963 the Buescher Band Instrument Company along with all of its inventories, tooling, factory space, and dealer contracts was purchased by H & A Selmer. The lacker is in good shape considering the horns age.
The saxophone was fully overhauled with new pads, cork and felt. This is a professional model and is very much sought for by Bueschers enthousiasts.
The serial number puts it in 1937 (282992). The later Big B, as stated above, was identical to the 140 (alto)/156 (tenor), with the larger bell flare. This is a beautiful Buescher Aristocrat series 1 Alto Saxophone. (numbers extrapolated at 30,000 units per year) 1984 905000. The earlier Big B had a smaller bell flare (the bell itself was not smaller) and was closer to the earlier 'series one' Aristo. Occasionally Assigned to Selmer USA Instruments. Keep in mind there were changes during the Big B run.
Although the Selmer buyout came later than that, some people claim the horns were starting to be 'downgraded' slightly before the buyout (don't know if I buy that or not pun intended). The other way to be sure is to get any Aristo with a serial number below around 340,xxx.
Click to expand.The one thing about the Big B horns is, for those who aren't willing to research, you know you're getting a "real" Aristocrat.
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