Re: Advice on Selmer
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It's a Buescher Aristocrat. Serial number 611498.
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Your son's horn was made perhaps more than a decade after the Selmer buyout from buescher. Conventional Wisom says that the Aristocrat's decline after the buyout was rather immediate and the line eventually was rebranded as the 'Bundy'. In fact, I've seen an Aristocrat about the same as your son's and it was pretty much identical to the bundy I played years ago. This means your son's Aristocrat has none of the vintage appeal or value of Aristocrats made during the 40s and 50s, but it could still be a fine horn for a student or intermediate player.
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We could look at Yamaha easily. Are there Yamaha models you would recommend?
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The 62. It's a professional model that's priced very low due to the introduction of newer instruments in Yamahas professional line. Players who own these speak very highly of it's playability and quality. You might as well stay away from other student models and intermediates in lieu of something that will potentially get him through college and possibly the rest of his life.
I'd also recommend Yanagisawa.
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