- #BUESCHER SAXOPHONE SERIAL NUMBERS ELKHART SERIAL NUMBER#
- #BUESCHER SAXOPHONE SERIAL NUMBERS ELKHART FREE#
This instrument has been sitting in its case for a number of years and is being sold as a restoration project. NR' Up for auction is this vintage Buescher Truetone alto saxophone. The Harry Pedler brassworks were bought by Selmer USA in 1958. Vintage Buescher True-Tone Alto Saxophone(1926-1927) SN.218927.Elkhart IND. Slightly after this, Art Musical Instruments had a name change to "Harry Pedler and Sons" - and still stenciled Martin instruments. When Beardsley died in 1936, the Buescher company began using the Elkhart Band Instrument trademark on a line of instruments until 1958.įA Buescher then founded Art Musical Instruments in 1932 - they didn't produce their own saxophones, but used Martin stencils.įA Buescher died in 1937 and was succeded by Harry Pedler, the VP at the time, at Art Musical Instruments. In 1926/7 the Buescher Band Instrument Company was joined with the Elkhart Band Instrument Company (some claim that Buescher was bought by the Elkhart Band Instrument Company), a company founded two years previously by Beardsley with Conn's Carl Greenleaf as secretary-treasurer. FA Buescher was vice-president and general manager of the company until 21 January 1929, when he resigned these positions, but was retained as a consultant engineer. FA Buescher remained president until 1919 when Beardsley assumed that title. In 1916, FA Buescher sold a major share of his company to six businessmen including Andrew Hubble Beardsley.
This was later restructured as the Buescher Band Instrument Co in 1904.
#BUESCHER SAXOPHONE SERIAL NUMBERS ELKHART FREE#
If you happen to have any additional information that would make this chart MORE accurate, please feel free to email me.FA Buescher left Conn in 1894 to establish the Buescher Manufacturing Co. I also gathered information for this page from website that cites Albert Mensinga as the source for MANY of the serial numbers.
#BUESCHER SAXOPHONE SERIAL NUMBERS ELKHART SERIAL NUMBER#
I do not know if an Elkhart Serial number list exists or not.īig Thanks to Dr Rick's Vinllage Flute and Sax Shop website for providing some of the serial numbers and years produced. If you see one of these horns and the owner is claiming they are from the 1920s or 1930s or before, then they are using the wrong serial number chart.
Most were made post World War II possibly up to 1960. These instruments had their OWN serial numbering system. They also bear the inscription "BUILT BY BUESCHER". At this time there was a fire at the plant which destroyed all files. By 1903, serial numbers had reached approx. The first Buescher instruments were produced in 1888. The Valveīlock on these instruments are made by Elkhart and thus have a completely different numbering system.Īny Trumpet or Cornet with the engraving of an ELK (see below) will NOT match up on the Buescher Serial number list. serial number list for Buescher / Bundy saxophones This list does not include student instruments produced under the 'Elkhart' label. These are most likely mid to late 1960s instruments.ģ) Most (if not all) Buescher trumpets that have the "ELK" logo have a separate serial number listing. These obviously are NOT subject to this serial number chart. Selmer must have done a serial number "reset" at some point.Ģ) I have also noticed some of the 1960s "Side Scroller" and possibly "Top Scroller" logoed trumpets/cornets that have serial numbers in the 100,000 range. Most seem to have the "Upsidedown Nike" Bell Logo and are model BU-7. Some of the modern Buescher labeled trumpets from the 1970-present that have serial numbers that do not correspond to this chart. Please note that there are a FEW exceptions to this chart. so I have listed BOTH numbers, I think the number MORE accurate would be 326000. *1950 Serial number is different on various sites. About this time Selmer Purchased Buescher
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