As you know the 400 Series Buescher trumpets are arguably my favorite instruments out there!
I still have one in my collection but this is my spare one. I also have a cornet so I really don't need this extra one currently.
I had Kevin Stiles at Heritage Music repair work his magic on this one giving it a good servicing, cleaning, and also a beautiful patch on the back bell ferrule. It's very hard to even notice the work was done so well.
All slides and valves move.
This horn plays GREAT with a thicker oil like Berp Bio #3.
Here's a similar horn showing off how great the 400 is!
Think about all the fancy modern horns and their claims of innovation. While yes there are some very great ones can you imagine a company taking all the time and effort that this horn took? And to think that 78 years after manufacture it's still a magnificent instrument that holds up well with any horn on the market!
This is one from my own personal collection and while I am stuck home I thought I'd share a brief clip of it.
You can tell how much I love it! Don't know about this horn?
Never seen it?
Buescher "400" Model 225 / 224 Sold from 1939 until (about) 1956 Some noteable features on this Model
1) Valve block is soldered directly to the leadpipe and bell.
2) Wonderfully engraved bell logo
3) Brass with Nickel Silver Trim
4) Reverse Wrap
5) Bottom caps and Top Caps are internally threaded so they screw INTO the valve block, this is a feature NOT found on many (if any) other trumpet models
6) Flared out bottoms of Valve Tubes (sexiest block ever)
7) Curved water keys
8) Direct air column design (notice all three valve slides on one side of this horn!
225 was considered a "Large" bore (now a ML bore) and the 224 was listed as a "Medium bore". 225 measures 0.455" at 2nd slide
