After the previous article on a new line of Plastic Saxophones, lets examine a previous, and famous, attempt at making such an instrument.
Here is Peter King playing one the legendary Grafton Alto Sax played by Charlie Parker.
Here is a great review of the Grafton Alto Sax.
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Sure can’t find fault with that performance. NICE bebop style! Is King playing the actual Grafton horn used by Bird, or is it simply the same kind but not the personal instrument?
I believe it is. The beginning of the video says it was used by Charlie Parker at a Massey Hall Concert in 1953.