i've already been to eppelsheim.com and i emailed eppelsheim just to get an estimate of the cost and everything even thoughi wasn't really considering buying one because i won't be able to afford or have the skill to play one for a long time, since i'm only in 7th grade but thanks for the info anyway, david

Wait a minute...Are you Blaise?

Yeah I am Blaise... Did you see me on Jay's website...

I dont remember where I heard of you...it was a while ago. THe main reason I do, is your VERY impressive collection. How did you afford all that? I worked my butt off for my III, my new wonder II, my 2 truetones and my 2 conn sops - and I'm a junior. (Well I guess I do have a lot of mouthpieces too.) but I mean, you have some contrabasses, basses, a grafton, curved sopranino, a sopranissimo. Which reminds me, how does your grafton play? I have wanted one for so long, but it would mostly be a conversation piece and am having a hard time waranting a mint condition one, but would ever so much like one. So if you tell me it plays at least a little bit nice...ah christ someone save me from myself. Heh, reminds me of a customer who told us when we finished wiht his horn and his wife answered the phone to tell her that the little one was done - and it was a tenor.

My collection includes... Bb Soprillo Eb Sopranino C Soprano ---------------(straight and slide) Bb Soprano ------------- (straight and curved) F Mezzo-Soprano Eb Alto -------------------(Grafton, Conn, Heimer) C Tenor Bb Tenor ----------------(curved and straight) Eb Baritone BBb Bass EEb Contrabass --------(Eppelsheim and Orsi) --I also recently purchased 2 Q-R-S Playasax'. The Grafton plays very well, however,since it is so fragile, I only play it occasionally. I was lucky enough to get one with the original keyguards. If you purchase one without the keyguards, you can still get replacement guards because Rob Verdi now has a mold. Getting one without the keyguards will save you a pretty significant amount of money, but you will have to purchase replacement guards. The Grafton, as you may or may not know, was played and made famous by Ornette Coleman and Charlie Parker. You might want to purchase some of their CDs which feature the Grafton. Ornette Coleman's "Skies of America" is free jazz which features the Grafton. If you would like information on my other saxes then please post your questions here! Hope I was helpful! ~Blaise~

you have a grafton!thats awesome!is ti in condition because i heard the plastic cracks very easily and the keys bend you have straight alto and tenors those are cool, i've seen them at l.asax.com

My Grafton is in nearly perfect condition... you can see a picture of it on my website at: www.nautilus4.com

WAIT A MINUTE, YOU' RE BLAISE GARZA, I'VE SEEN YOU ON JAY EASTONS WEBSITE HOLDING A SOPRILLO SAX. WHERE DID YOU GET THE gRAFTON FROM?Do you know where I can buy one cheap? thanks, David

Grafton's are fairly rare, so, they will cost anywhere from $2,500--$5,000. They are pretty inexpensive on ebay, but most of them are missing the keyguards or have cracks in the body. I got my Grafton from a man in New Zealand. As for the picture on Jay's website... I was holding a curved sopranino not a Soprillo... but you can see pictures of my Soprillo at: www.nautilus4.com/Sax_Pics/Soprillo.html ~Blaise~

hah! I bet I know the guy that sold you that grafton - about 2 years ago there was a guy that had 3 unplayable graftons and was sellling them - I tried to buy them, but he sold them out form under me to a guy who was going to use the pieces from the three to make one functioning horn.

Saxman, good news!!! There's a mint condition grafton all orgininal in the vintage sax section of this site's shop. Anyone ever played a subcontrabass? I don't see how someone could produce the air to get it to play without hyperventilating. I've looked at one, but the guy wouldn't let me play it, it wasn't in good enough condition.

lol did you just miss our conversation - "Wait a minute...are you Blaise?"... Thanks for the offer blaise, but not to sound too um, whats the word...arogant I think, I would be surprised if there is a sax out there that I dont know like the back of my - er hand. I checked out your website, and its pretty cool, but I did find one problem - I have DSL, that from where I am runs more like T1 due to such low traffic - I normally get aobut 800 k a second and it was a little slow - you might want to convert your pictures into jpegs or retake them at 640x480.

Yeah, it was a curved sopranino,and jay was right next you playing contrabass.Do you know jay personally?is there any way I can contact him? Thanks, David