[Hassles]

Sax.co.uk demonstrate some oddball saxes from their collection....

 

[GreenBean]

I've always wanted to try a Grafton. On the other hand, the wooden alto is just insane. In all practicality, I feel the key action-- levers, rods-- would be stiff and uncomfortable... don't even get started on regulation...

 

[Hassles]

by all accounts the Grafton's are terrific - until they need repair. I recall reading Stephen Howard's Grafton appraisal.

 

[Global Woodwind]

😄

 

[10mfan]

very cool post. I love the guys over there. Great company to work with.

 

[Sacks Of Phones]

Who plays that wooden horn, Pinocchio?

 

[Sacks Of Phones]

I've always wanted to try a Grafton. On the other hand, the wooden alto is just insane. In all practicality, I feel the key action-- levers, rods-- would be stiff and uncomfortable... don't even get started on regulation...

I wonder how many BTUs in that thing........

 

[Kyle B]

Brass, bronze, copper, silver, gold, acrylic, polycarbonate, wood. Why not stainless steel? No lacquer problems, no corrosion, no tarnishing.

But, hey, that Grafton acrylic sounded pretty good!

 

[Hassles]

yeah the Grafton's do sound nice. Here's the same ax from about 8 years ago.....

 

[skeller047]

They sounded better in the old days…

 

[JayeLID]

Who plays that wooden horn, Pinocchio?

Tourists in Thailand, it seems, based on YT vids.....

 

[polemonium]

Brass, bronze, copper, silver, gold, acrylic, polycarbonate, wood. Why not stainless steel? No lacquer problems, no corrosion, no tarnishing.

But, hey, that Grafton acrylic sounded pretty good!

Stainless steel is a more of a PITA to work - forming the body and keys, and brazing it together, filing and buffing, etc would all be a lot harder than it is with a ductile material like brass or silver.

I think some have occasionally used stainless steel rods instead of the usual carbon steel rods. There's a thread here where the durability versus difficulty factor is discussed back and forth.