Antique Musical Instruments/the Buescher Elkheart-ind

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Expert: - 11/29/2007


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i have a wonderful old trombone
marked 241067  lp  410
i don't know a thing about it
can you help? thanks

Answer
Made about 1928, and unlike some instruments of the early 20th Century, it plays at modern pitch - so, it will be in tune with today's bands.

Buescher made good quality instruments, although the trombones of that ear are likely to sound less mellow than modern instruments.

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Kenton Scott

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Please note: My area is BRASS instruments, not other wind, string or percussion instruments. I will provide information on antique, obscure and out of production BRASS instruments. 1) Please don't ask for evaluations, I'll not provide them on this site. 2) I am often asked very similar questions, so I'd invite you to first check on Horn-u-Copia.net. Much of the information I have garnered about this topic, I have posted on this WEB site.

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I perform in several historical bands, have informally researched the area, repair brass instruments, and operate a Forum dedicated to the topic at http://horn-u-copia.net

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