Buescher craftsmen have long dreamed of creating and developing superlative saxophones that would transcend the modern conception of playing excellence. It meant breaking with tradition -- grinding out on new paths of research to blaze the trail to the stars.

Right away -- from the first test you make of a Buescher "400" you'll recognize the supreme playing qualities that mark the "elite" of the saxophone world. See and try the new Super "400s" by Buescher -- the saxophones musical America is talking about.

"Our Greatest New Model Announcement"

For more than a half a century, Buescher True Tone has been a symbol of supremacy in band and orchestra instruments. Buescher Saxophones are world famous for beauty of tone -- same of playing. This lends significance to the announcement of two new Saxophones -- the finest ever created by Buescher -- the new "400" Alto and Tenor.

... For many years the goal of the Buescher Company has been to (create) the perfect Saxophone. In the Super "400" models, we believe we have achieved that goal. After you are (ready), try a new "400" we are confident yoiu will agree that here at last has been create the perfect Saxophone.

Without hesitation -- and after due reflection on all the great advancements the Buescher Company has made in the past, I say -- the Super "400s" mark the greatest new model announcement in our entire history.

O.E. Beers
President and General Manager,
Buescher Band Instrument Co.,
Elkhart, Indiana

The new Super "400" Bueschers are infinitely improved from mouthpiece to bell!

1. New improved upper octave key mechanism for better altissimo response.
2. Exclusive (neck-lock design holds the neck in place better so) it can't leak.
3. All Long Rods are made of Nickel Silver.
4. New Buescher Super-Brass Used On Keys And Key Parts -- Cannot Bend -- 99% Harder
5. Key action is higher to promote truer action -- yet (completely illegible and I'm not creative enough to come up with something) -- this greatly improves (something).
6. All cross hinges are (something something; might be talking about plate construction vs. ribbed)
7. New Corkless Slide Connecting Areas
8. G# Low B and Bb New Direct Action
9. (Ergonomic offset altissimo octave vent key.)
10. Longer Bell -- New Proportions -- To Bring a New High In True Tone
11. New Tapered Norton Springs -- Will Not Break -- Faster Action
12. Beautiful Elaborate Handcut Engraving"
13. Bell Keys Move To Back Instead of Side of Bell
14. Drawn Tonehole Sockets -- Eliminate Leaks
15. (Redesigned G#/C#/B/Bb cluster.)
16. Independent (low B and Bb keys).
17. Wide Bow -- Entirely New Proportions -- Greatly Improved Low Register

ADDED STRENGTH!
New Buescher Super-Brass Keys
INTENSIFIED HARDNESS ASSURES YOU OF PERMANENTLY FINE, FAST feather-touch ACTION!

Here, (pictured), is a remarkable improvement in saxophone design. All keys which were previously subject to frequent bending and getting out of adjustment are now made of "Buescher Super Brass", relieving you of annoying adjustment difficulties.

This is an outstanding development. It permits (sax) craftsmen to regulate the mechanism to a much finer degree. The strength of these keys is substantially greater than that of an ordinary saxophone mechanism. This makes possible a permanently fine -- fast "Feather Touch" action. Many keys on an ordinary saxophone will bend under slight pressure. (This changes the pad shape and the (seal) below and permits small air leaks to develop.) On the new "Buescher Super Brass" mechanism, these keys are so solid, so tough that the instrument remains in perfect adjustment under the most adverse conditions.

Snap-On Pad with Tone Resonating Centers
Brilliance when you want it -- tone all the time.

Buescher utilizes a different type of pad, called the "Snap On Pad". It is snapped in place like the fastener of a glove. The snap button is a large metal disc which holds the pad securely in place and acts as a sonic resonator. This brightens tone -- greatly increases brilliance and power.

Wider Bow -- Bell Keys on Back
Makes low register more brilliant: tone quality uniform.

On the new "400", the bow is wider. Bell keys have been moved from the side to the back of the bell. By experimentation, we found that these changes in the saxophone's design greatly increased the response of the low register tones and (illegible; possibly "made the tone more brilliant").

Key Post Higher to Increase Tone Space
Greatly improves tone quality -- yet action is shorter.

An important reason for the superior tone quality and resonance is the "400"'s use of higher key posts, which increases the tone space between pad cup and tone hole. Now, when a key is open, the pad is almost parallel to the socket, instead of at right angles to it.

New Type Bell. New Proportions.
Brings clarity to low register tones.

Note the remarkable way the low tones play. We have developed a very impressive bell which has a silver (two words illegible: possible "plated and soldered") tone ring around the rim. The bell of the tenor is 6.5" in diameter. These new proportions help you play low tones with expressiveness or extreme fortissimo and improve quality in the low register.