Grafton saxophone
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The Grafton saxophone was a plastic saxophone manufactured by the Grafton company from the late-1940s until the mid-1950s. They have a plangent, rather brittle sound. Graftons are now collectors' items. The instruments' most notable player was probably Charlie Parker. The Grafton saxophone that Parker bought (probably in Canada) after having pawned his main instrument to finance his heroin addiction was sold at the Christie's auction house in London in September 1994 for £93,500 sterling. The buyer was the mayor of Parker's home town, Kansas City, Kansas.
Ornette Coleman also plays one, perhaps influenced by Parker. In the late fifties and early sixties, Coleman was sometimes known as "the man with the plastic horn".
More information on the Grafton Saxophone at http://www.xs4all.nl/~lexlub/chroma-tic_eng/grafton/index.htm
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