What kind of soprano did Bechet play?
I wonder about this because I play a 1926 Tru Tone Buescher with the "typewriter key" G#, which appears in photos to be what close to what Bechet had.
I know that his first sop was a beater he picked up in a pawn shop which he discarded due to poor intonation. He eventually bought a new horn in London. Was this the Buescher with perhaps the modern G# key?
Whatever it was, he sure played the hell out of it!
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