By the way, the current “Bundy” has no relation at all to Selmer or Buescher - it’s a Chinese imitator of a Japanese imitator of the Selmer Mark VI, one of hundreds of similar Chinese brands, though hopefully better built than many. The Bundy II is a Bundy with ergonomic and construction improvements that were mandated by marketplace changes. That was a student line based on 1914 True-Tone engineering with the low B and Bb pads moved to the same side of the horn. The first-generation Bundy is based on the Buescher Elkhart. No, the Selmer Bundy is not a Buescher Aristocrat in disguise (or a “dumbed-down” Aristocrat).Because vintage professional horns draw so much attention and sometimes seem to demand so much investment, we completed a big article to help readers evaluate the pros and cons of various vintage pro horns from different manufacturers and from different eras.īut for every question we see about some desirable vintage horn, we see at least one question from someone who’s thinking about paying too much money for a far less desirable student horn, because some vendor claimed that it was “almost as good.” So this article, which will be much briefer, will cover some of the histories and some of the “gotcha’s” of buying vintage student horns.īy the way, we’re going to skip ahead briefly to answer the two most frequently asked questions about vintage student horns: Readers will know that we’ve spent a lot of time trying to help vintage horn shoppers find appropriate horns for appropriate cash outlays.
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