Message Body: Pete, My tech finished with the minor overhaul today. I had the horn re-padded with Buescher Snap-Ins, all of the corks and other adjustment pieces replaced, a cleaning while it was apart as well as some removal of some ugly rust/oxidation. He also took care of a slight bend in the bell and some minor dents. I was only able to play on it for an hour or so as I was testing out mouthpieces. With my Selmer C* (Rovner bright)and vintage Yani R5 (Rovner dark) I was able to have really nice intonation throughout the range of the horn. The character of the sound remained as it did before the repad since the reso's are pretty similar. Projection was very good. The horn can scream when needed (as much as you can scream with a C*) and the horn is capable of very quiet passages as well. The action of the horn is on par with anything I've played including the Mark VI. The pinky cluster will take some getting used to but everything else is laid out well for my small hands. I had some intonation problems when trying to use a Buescher Tru-Lay and my vintage Martin mouthpiece, while better than the Tru-Lay, was off as well. A 1980's Goldentone was fine though. In the near future I am going to try a Larry Teal on it and see how that sounds. I think for Jazz the Yani will be o.k. but I'll try to use a brighter lig. The negatives on the horn revolve around the fact that this example has a very plain bell and the previously mentioned pinky cluster. I'll update you in the future as I spend more time with the horn and get a better idea as to what works with it and what doesn't. The pinky cluster is going to be a major hurdle. I'm way to used to the Selmer way! Ed Svoboda ----------------- Message Body: I just noticed when looking at the photos on your site that one of the easiest to identify differences between a first generation Selmer made Buescher 400 and the 2nd generation model is the orientation of the guard over the low C. The 2nd generation looks like a T when the horn is standing up while the first generation and older horns look like --|. Ed -----Original Message----- From: Ed Svoboda [mailto:mailto:svoboda@attbi.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 11:30 PM To: 'saxpics@x-mail.net' Subject: Buescher 400 S-5 SN 394xxx Pete, My tech finished with the minor overhaul today. I had the horn re-padded with Buescher Snap-Ins, all of the corks and other adjustment pieces replaced, a cleaning while it was apart as well as some removal of some ugly rust/oxidation. He also took care of a slight bend in the bell and some minor dents. I was only able to play on it for an hour or so as I was testing out mouthpieces. With my Selmer C* (Rovner bright)and vintage Yani R5 (Rovner dark) I was able to have really nice intonation throughout the range of the horn. The character of the sound remained as it did before the repad since the reso's are pretty similar. Projection was very good. The horn can scream when needed (as much as you can scream with a C*) and the horn is capable of very quiet passages as well. The action of the horn is on par with anything I've played including the Mark VI. The pinky cluster will take some getting used to but everything else is laid out well for my small hands. I had some intonation problems when trying to use a Buescher Tru-Lay and my vintage Martin mouthpiece, while better than the Tru-Lay, was off as well. A 1980's Goldentone was fine though. In the near future I am going to try a Larry Teal on it and see how that sounds. I think for Jazz the Yani will be o.k. but I'll try to use a brighter lig. The negatives on the horn revolve around the fact that this example has a very plain bell and the previously mentioned pinky cluster. I'll update you in the future as I spend more time with the horn and get a better idea as to what works with it and what doesn't. The pinky cluster is going to be a major hurdle. I'm way to used to the Selmer way! Ed ------------ Message Body: Years ago I did a racing site and it took a ton of time so I understand. My personal photography site is in need of attention but I am busy in many other areas. I've noticed a couple of exceptions to my 2nd gen rule but I suspect that they still had some old parts to use up. There must be some pretty interesting "franken" horns out there. Ed -----Original Message----- From: Vintage Saxophone Gallery [mailto:mailto:saxpics@x-mail.net] Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 12:06 PM To: Ed Svoboda Subject: RE: Buescher 400 S-5 SN 394xxx Thanks for the e-mail and pictures and sorry for the delay -- X-mail.net's having some problems :( I'll definitely incorporate your Buescher info. Unfortunately, it'll be awhile. One of these days, I hope someone will send me a $35,000 US check and say: "Dude. You're working on your website 8 hours a day for the next year." Take care! Pete