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Alto saxophone (Grafton model)

About 1960
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniquePlastic, brass
DimensionsOverall: 60 cm (23 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Halfway Rock Foundation
Accession number2014.468
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance2012, sold by Mr. P. Gerry, Kettering, Northamptonshire, to Tony Bingham (dealer), London; 2014, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 26, 2014)
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