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ProductID: 283242GoldKingS20alto Type: ALTO SAX Maker: KING

Custom Gold Plate King Super 20 w/ all pearls SN 283242

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Early vintage King Super 20 alto with Custom GOLD PLATE finish and elaborate engraving

This is a great sax!! It's a 1947 vintage King Super 20 alto with custom scratch brush gold plate finish. It has the early full pearl inlay on all touch pieces. It has sun burst engraving on the low Bb, B, C, and C# pad cups. It has the triple strap hook and original stamped sterling silver double socket neck. This is the best vintage of sax that King ever made, original made popular by the great Cannonball Adderley.

The sax was original lacquer before the plate job and has never been buffed as it was hand rag preped. Under the gold plate is a double layer of silver plate. It's as fine a finsh as you'll ever see and much care was taken in the preperation work. The scratch brush gold plate finish has a great look!!!

The sax was custom engraved with a "playboy centerfold" nude by the late master engraver Lyn Osborne as can be seen in the photos. His craftmanship is superb.

The sax has all new Prestini NS pads fitted with a set of sterling silver Reso Tech flat metal resonators. The instrument is set up with a nice open key height and is professionally regulated. It's in top playing form!!

The sound is just killer! The instrument really screams. This would make the perfect lead alto because it has as much projection as I've ever seen for an alto. The intonation is also quite respectable and the sound in no way thins out in the top range. The altisimo speaks very clearly on this sax.

The sax is sold in an SKB hard shell gig case


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