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Floral Engraved Brass Horns from early 1920sI have many years of vintage sax dealings. My sources have always educated me that brass horns manufactured during the early 1920s had limited engraving and were originally issued in raw brass form. Any horns from this era that are brass, have nice floral engraving, and are lacquered, originalloy were silver plated horns. They were stripped of their silver, buffed out and then lacquered. I have also been told this was a somewhat common practice during the 1940s and the 1950s when old horns were made to appear "more modern". Mostly for the student market. THUS, a true raw brass finish untouched is somewhat of a rarity now. I am just looking for comments that this is either true or situations where this is not correct. I currently have a 144XXX Buescher alto without a front F that has a wonderful honey lacquered finish that screams out a refinishing/lacquering at the Buescher plant. The floral engraving is exceptional for an after market lacquering. The Forked E flat key has been closed off so nicely, it could only have been done by a trip back to the experts that manufacturered it. Getting rid of the forked E flat hole was also a common practice and a step up from simply putting a cork in the back Eflat cage to close it off. Saxquest has a rare Conn F mezzo for sale currently with the same sort of tone hole seal off on its alternate F#, also a buescher refurbish deal. Thanks for any eduction here. Knowledge is power. |
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