Making saxophones in 1924: lost film found

[Fletch]

This is, AFAIK, the first industrial film about making musical instruments. Until recently, it was thought to have been lost (or at least well hidden - we saxophone historians can be a jealous bunch).

The Buescher Band Instrument Co., of Elkhart, Indiana, helped start a boom in saxophone sales in the early 1920s, producing over 150,000 instruments during the decade. Many saxophonists (myself included) play Buescher's classic True-Tones and Aristocrats to this day.

This is a silent film, but you might enjoy it with recordings by Clyde Doerr, a Buescher endorsing sax artist of the day.

http://www.saxophone.org/gallery/video/id/20/search

 

[dhermann1]

Very cool. Very interesting. Question, how's that little girl at the end making a note on the reed organ, without pumping the pedals?

 

[Fletch]

Use your imagination!