For sale is King Super 20 Silver Sonic full pearl alto saxophone with gold plated inlay!
This is the real deal big warm fuzzy rabbit that is the true holy grail of saxophones!
This is a prime golden era serial #295xxx with its matching #295xxx neck!
The horn is just an incredible find. This horn is a piece of saxophone history and transcends to a historical piece of music Americana.
This saxophone is less then 20 serial digits away from Charlie Parkers famous King Super 20 Silver Sonic Full Pearl alto saxophone that sold at auction some years back for $260,000!
The exact same sax variant made less then 20 horns away from Birds, thats just what dreams are made of!
These horns are some of the rarest of the rare, most sought after, unobtainable saxophones out there. Theres rumored potentially only 200 to 300 of these ever produced and they just dont exist in the wild.
This horn is just right. Everything about this horn is right. The engraving is right, the gold inlay is right, the gold plate/laq spray over the top the finish is intact around the horn. The pearls are just right, with no cracks or problems!
Important to note this saxophones low C key guard is a random not king key guard. We have a Sax Stuff perfect replica key guard being made now with finish to match as close as possible to the other guards. Its extremely common for these guards to go missing, but getting the right guard on will be the cherry on top to complete the horn.
Aside from the low C guard all of the other key guards, triangle clothing guard, pieces n parts of the saxophone are all there!
Of course this horn has patina and use marks but the overall condition and state of the horn is better then what does come around.
Its extremely rare for a full pearl Silver Sonic to come to market. If one does come for sale typically they are trashed with a myriad of problems that affect value. So when you factor the overall condition of this horn and all of the elements this horn the picture starts to become clear how very special of a piece this is!
This is one of those horn that pictures just dont do it justice. In the hands the various design elements of solid silver, gold inlay, engraving, saxophone design, the two tone nature of the silvers and golds just flicker and shine bright to the eyes under the lights/sun in a way thats highly satisfying.
This horn is currently being sold as not working and the horn has its fair share of scratches, knicks, fleabites, metal wear, patina and other anomalies associated with a not working 70 year old saxophone.
Fact is the horn is sitting on very old, if not the original factory pads. The horn is absolutely playable and feels pretty good, but its never going to play like a fully overhauled brand new pad job.
This horn comes with a random non King case. We are on the look for a perfect age appropriate case that we hope to pair with this horn.
This horn has matching serial number body & neck.
If you have been dreaming of owning a full pearl silver sonic now is that chance! This is a once in a life time, dream opportunity and once this horn is gone, thats it, its a wrap gone with the wind for ever, so please buy and pay confidently, we will ship ASAP upon payment!