Instrument Petting Zoo
Here are a few of the strange and unusual instruments and accessories I have collected over the years. Some sound great, others not so. Maybe I’ll record some soundclips one day… Grafton Acrylic Alto My first saxophone was a Grafton and I still have one today which I use from time to time, including on the track Slinky from Midnight in the Naked City. See the videoin which I alternate between the Grafton and a Buescher 400: The Betcha Plastic Reed – possibly the first synthetic saxophone reed, circa 1950: Casio Digital Horn: This cost £110 back in the 80s. I’m waiting for it to become a collectors’ item as it looks so cool, but these days they can be had on ebay for about £110. Walton adjustable mouthpiece This looks quite normal until you look inside. It comes complete with a set of 5 different size baffles which can be screwed in and out for a brighter or warmer sound. Conn tenor mouthpiece with tuning adjuster Conn altos of the time had tuners on the neck, the tenors did not but this mouthpiece has a tuning device.