This is an original antique 1909 catalog of True-Tone Band Instruments issued by the Buescher Band Instrument Company of Elkhart, Indiana.    This catalog was issued in the form of a quarterly circular titled TRUE-TONE For The Promotion Of The Interests Of Musicians & Music and this is Vol. VII, No. 21 dated November 1909.  

This catalog is 20 pages including the covers measuring about 13” x 9.5”.   This catalog has a couple pages of notices and brief articles on professional musicians and the music business but is primarily devoted to advertising for Buescher True-Tone Band Instruments.  This catalog is illustrated throughout and features a variety of instruments including cornets, trombones, basses, baritone and tenor horns, the Buescherphone, clarinets, saxophones, drums and more.

This catalog is an original antique issued in 1909.  The catalog is fully complete and shows handling wear including some small chips and nicks on the edges, some creasing and folds.  The catalog has a few inches of separation between the covers along the spine at the bottom edge and a short tear of about an inch on the spine edge that runs through the catalog.   The pages are clean and overall condition is good.  Email any questions.  Thanks for looking.    

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