Antique Musical Instruments/Antique Wraparound Baritone

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Expert: - 7/14/2008


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My brother has a Buescher Baritone made in Elkhart, IN, seriel #22728. It looks like a miniture sousaphone so it is unlike any other baritone I've ever seen. Where would I find more information on its past history, instrument quality, tone quality, etc. as well as potential value?
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Dan Ryan

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That would be an unusual horn.  It is sousaphone or helicon shaped?

It dates to 1913.  

There were bands in the 1800s that used a range of helicon shaped instruments, from alto down, but this horn is newer than that.

Buescher made quality instruments, and being so unusual, it would certainly be a collectible.  

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