Buescher Straight Alto Saxophone ORIGINAL GOLD PLATE! Spend Pounds Euros Yen Won Here-International Shipping! Start Price USD 11,000.00 Current Price USD 11,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 12,500.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 17, 2008 End Time Sunday, August 24, 2008 Location Seattle Area See more about 'Buescher Straight Alto Saxophone ORIGINAL GOLD PLATE!' Description HOLY COW! This is easily the second or third coolest horn on eBay right now! This is an INCREDIBLE Buescher Straight Alto saxophone. Made for less than a year the Buescher straight alto is one of the rarest and most collected saxophones out there. This is a magnificent example of these great horns. Original GOLD PLATE is 80% present or so with some minor playing wear. A few dings here and there but nothing serious-unlike most of these, this one was actually played. This hornhas just been COMPLETELY REBUILT by BRAD WHERRY and is guaranteed to be the best playing Buescher straight alto you can buy from anyone right now. THESE DON'T COME AROUND TOO OFTEN! Grab it while you can! I've asked Seattle jazz legend RICH COLE to help me demo some of my horns. Here are five recordings of Rich playing this horn. You can hear a chromatic scale here. You can hear a ballad-style solo here. Hear Rich play a hot solo here. Rich demonstrates subtones here and demonstrates the altissimo here. You can learn more about Rich and his playing at his web site, which is not linked here due to eBay's links policy, but is double-u double-u double-u dot richardcole dot net. Winning bidder to pay $55 shipping. Please feel free to email with additional questions. Bid early, bid often!!! I ship INTERNATIONALLY. Shipping to Japan and Europe is $125 plus $1.50 per $100 final bid price for insurance.Thank you international bidders! International bidders please note: You might be responsible for customs duty and taxes. I will not undervalue an item on the customs form. Please do not ask me to do so. Thanks! I generally ship on Mondays and Wednesdays. If you need an item faster than this please contact me and I'll do my best to get it to you. Additional shipping charges may apply for rush delivery. Click any of the thumbnail images below to view a full-sized picture. If you are unable to view the photos, please click here to view them in a new web page. Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!