Mamos
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What ever happened the the vibrato sax polymer saxophone?
Did it ever make it to market?
mamos
Did it ever make it to market?
mamos
As far as I know (and that's not far !), the Vibratosax website has been advertising these saxes at this price for quite a while (a couple of years), well in advance of production models being available.According to our information from Thailand these are being made and sold in Thailand. They are selling for about USD 230 or about GBP 150. We have contacted the makers and awaiting a reply to a few questions we asked.
The bad news about polycarbonate is, that you have to be very careful as to which cleaning agent you use. Alkali cleaners release bisphenol A (as does water) from the material (not good apparently for female mice. It enlarges their reproductive organs) and ammonia cleaners disolve it.I don`t know what it is about this horn but I really feel the need to buy one. " I should really be concentrating on my current Tenor and Sop project".
I can`t help also thinking that it would be a great format for a bari or even bass or contra-bass simply because the thing would be soooo light in weight.
I don`t suppose there will be enough demand for larger saxes though. does anybody know for example if Grafton produced any alternative to their Alto "And if not why not".
Oh in addition. I recently read at the "other place" that Vibrato are shipping their new Alto saxes with a white polycarbonate MPC ... Nice.
The Grafton project, perhaps unlike the Vibratosax project, was, all in all, a limited succes if not an entire a failure. the Grafton never succeeded to offer an alternative which the market considered viable and , although cheaper than most saxophones at the time, it was more expensive (and better!) than other instruments on the market. This due to the notorious fragility and the service difficulties made the project a very limited success which died a slow death.I can`t help also thinking that it would be a great format for a bari or even bass or contra-bass simply because the thing would be soooo light in weight.
I don`t suppose there will be enough demand for larger saxes though. does anybody know for example if Grafton produced any alternative to their Alto "And if not why not".
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