Klarinet Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 1994/04

From: Stephen Cranefield <stephen@-----.NZ>
Subj: Info wanted on plastic saxophone
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 20:23:18 -0400

A colleague of mine has the opportunity to buy what seems to him (and
me) to be quite an oddity: a plastic saxophone. He's interested to
know anything about the history of this instrument and whether it
might have any value as a curiosity piece or a collector's item. Can
anyone shed some light on this?

The details are:

Plastic E flat Alto Sax., White body and red keys.
The writing on the instrument says:

Grafton
John E Dallas and Sons Ltd., sole distributors.
10606
made in England
patent no 604407 - 604488 (patent pending)

- Stephen

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