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20-494: Saxonettes were first produced by the Buescher Band Instrument Company between 1918 and 1921 under the name "Clariphon". They are almost always simple ( Albert ) system, and most are in C. It is known that they were made in B ♭ , C and A, and Boehm system examples exist as well. The J.W Pepper company produced similar instruments at this time branded "Claribel". A "Sax-Clarinet" appeared in

40-516: A clothing merchant, and Harry L. Young, a salesman. In 1894 his company began production of saxophones, becoming Conn's main competitor over the following two decades. In March 1901 he patented a cornet unusual in that the valves were of unequal lengths. True Tone became the trademark name for band instruments made by the Buescher Manufacturing Company. In 1903 there was a disastrous fire at Buescher's factory. In 1904

60-580: A consultant engineer. In 1926 Buescher Band Instrument Company was joined with the Elkhart Band Instrument Company (some claim that Buescher was bought by Elkhart Band Instrument), a company founded two years previously by Beardsley with Conn's Carl Greenleaf as secretary-treasurer. The "Elkhart" brand was retained by Buescher for its second-line instruments after the company was dissolved upon Beardsley's death in 1936. Though Buescher manufactured many kinds of brass instruments,

80-424: A trade name of Sears, Roebuck & Company , which may also be stencils of Buescher or Couesnon. A Plateau-keyed B♭ instrument branded 'Abbott' was also produced. Other than the barrel and bell, there is no difference between a saxonette and a soprano clarinet (of the same fingering system). In fact, some manufacturers sold instruments having both clarinet- and saxonette-style barrels and bells. The curvature of

100-756: The Couesnon catalogue of 1934. Couesnon instruments are amongst the most common instruments around today. In 1923 the Gretsch Musical Instrument Company advertised a new invention called the Saxonette, which was identical to Buescher's Clariphon. There are some similarities with Buescher branded and Gretsch branded instruments, so the Gretsch may have been a stencil of the Buescher. Instruments have also emerged branded 'Supertone',

120-418: The H. & A. Selmer Company in 1963. Selmer retired the Buescher brand in 1983. The company was founded by Ferdinand August "Gus" Buescher (born Elk Township, Noble County, Ohio 26 April 1861; died Elkhart, Indiana 29 November 1937). He accompanied his family to Goshen, Indiana and then to Elkhart in 1875. In 1876 he found employment with C. G. Conn 's fledgling band instrument factory. By 1888 he

140-657: The Saxonette (also known as the "clariphon" and the "claribel"), a clarinet with a curved metal barrel and a curved metal bell pitched in A, B ♭ , C or E ♭ . They were produced with the Albert system , and later with the Boehm system . Gretsch and Supertone were merchandiser-branded "stencils" of the Buescher Saxonette. Note: The clarinet in the following five pictures may or may not have been made by

160-599: The 1970s, the market position of the Buescher Aristocrat/Selmer Bundy model declined under competition from Yamaha 's more up-to-date and more efficiently produced student instruments. The Buescher brand was retired by Selmer in 1983. After the Conn-Selmer company was formed in 2003, it briefly used the Buescher brand name on some Asian-made saxophones. The Buescher company also produced some flutes and clarinets between 1910 and 1920,

180-556: The Buescher Band Instrument Company. The engraving on it shows the "American Professional" brand, for which Buescher was the retailer. Elkhart Band Instrument Company Elkhart Band Instrument Company was a musical instrument manufacturer in Elkhart , Indiana . The company was founded in 1923 by Andrew Hubble Beardsley (b. Dayton Ohio 25 September 1864; d. New York NY 10 October 1936), who

200-463: The H&;A Selmer Company, producing the vast majority of such instruments marketed under Selmer's "Bundy" brand. The Elkhart line was continued until 1959, followed by Buescher's downgraded Aristocrat line as their offering in the student market. After Buescher was sold to Selmer, Selmer allowed the use of the Buescher trademark for products sold under Buescher's established distribution network. During

220-470: The New Orleans style of clarinet players. Alphonse Picou was an adherent and can be seeing performing High Society on YouTube . Curved bells and barrels have also been sold as aftermarket accessories. Buescher Band Instrument Company The Buescher Band Instrument Company was a manufacturer of musical instruments in Elkhart, Indiana , from 1894 to 1963. The company was acquired by

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240-423: The bell has little effect on the sound of the instrument. In particular, very few notes on a woodwind instrument vent through the bell, so its effect on most notes is negligible. Switching from a straight wood barrel to a curved metal one is more likely to influence the instrument's sound for several reasons: differences between metal and wood resonances, likely differences in variation of the cross sectional area of

260-399: The bore, and differences in the player's embouchure due to the different angle of the mouthpiece with respect to the body of the instrument. It is possible that the projection of the instrument could also be improved. Perhaps the main reason for preferring a saxonette to a straight clarinet is visual: the saxonette looks distinctive and unusual. The Saxonette achieved some popularity amongst

280-455: The business was reorganized and renamed the Buescher Band Instrument Company, reflecting its sole focus on producing band instruments. In 1916 Buescher sold a major share of his company to six businessmen including Andrew Hubble Beardsley. Buescher remained president until 1919 when Beardsley assumed that title. Buescher was vice-president and general manager of the company until 21 January 1929 when he resigned these positions, remaining on staff as

300-472: The company was known primarily for its saxophones which competed successfully with instruments made by Conn and Martin . Buescher saxophones became distinctive with snap-in pads, patented by Buescher in 1921, and screw-in gold-plated Norton springs, introduced in late 1931. During the 1920s Buescher also made small numbers of tipped-bell soprano, straight alto, and straight tenor saxophones. Buescher stayed true to Adolphe Sax's concept for saxophone sound into

320-527: The early 1930s, gaining the favor of classical saxophonist Sigurd Rascher and those influenced by him. Buescher adapted its sound concept to the bigger, bolder sounds favored by dance orchestras and jazz musicians, modifying its Aristocrat model and releasing the model 400 "Top Hat & Cane" in 1940. The Aristocrat and 400 models remained popular with professional players through the early 1950s, until instruments with more modern keywork gained favor, and changes to Buescher's product line were coldly received. By

340-470: The late 1950s, Buescher's production of professional-line saxophones was a small fraction of what it had been at the start of the decade. Buescher's presence in the professional saxophone market ended when it was acquired by the H&;A Selmer Company in 1963, although a nominal "Buescher 400" model continued to be produced through the mid-1970s. Buescher became the main supplier of student-grade saxophones to

360-461: The products of Conn and Buescher, partners in the consortium. In 1927 the company merged with Buescher (some maintain that Buescher was purchased by Elkhart Band Instrument Company). When Beardsley died in 1936, the company was dissolved and Buescher used the Elkhart trademark for student line instruments until 1959. This United States manufacturing company–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about

380-507: Was promoted to foreman. After being shown an Adolphe Sax model saxophone in possession of E.A. Lefebre in 1888 he produced Conn's first saxophone prototype. In 1890, while still employed with Conn, he began producing band emblems at home and was setting up his own shop. In the fall of 1893 he opened the Buescher Manufacturing Company at 1119 N. Main Street, which made band instruments and other metal products, in partnership with John L. Collins,

400-453: Was the president of Buescher Band Instrument Company , and Carl Dimond Greenleaf (b. Wauseon, Ohio 27 July 1876; d. Elkhart 10 July 1959), president of C.G. Conn , and who served the new company as secretary-treasurer. The company produced "Elkhart" branded band instruments as well instruments to be sold under merchandisers' brands ("stencil" instruments). Instruments produced by the company had an irregular assortment of features borrowed from

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