Buescher · Sax
400 — 400 (Top Hat and Cane)
Introduced1941 onwards
Discontinued1963
The jazzier line with elaborate hand-cut engraving; the Top Hat and Cane, the plainer post-Top-Hat 400 and the Super 400 were sold at the same time.
Where it sits. Introduced 1941, discontinued 1963. To date a specific Buescher instrument, use the serial number — the model era is the context, the number is the date.