This is one of those rare items that I may only see once in my time repairing saxophones. The Buescher "tipped bell, bent neck" soprano was only made for a few years in the late 20's and only in small quantities. This one has serial number 220666 and is from around 1926 or 27. It is a series IV horn…

This may well be one of the most well documented saxophones on the internet. It's a 1921 (80xxx) Buescher bass saxophone that was once the personal bass sax of Helen Kahlke. I won't give you a big story about its history as Helen has already done a great job of that on her web site Bassic Sax (https://bassic-sax.info/version5/bass-sax-info/my-personal-bass-sax-story/). It is…

This 1938 Selmer Balanced Action alto was saved from a horrible demise and is now gig ready. It was pulled aside at a local recycling centre by some eagle eyed employees and made its way to me for a complete restoration. I had to throw out the case as it had obviously been lived in by a family of mice…