Cleveland King Super 20 Silver Sonic Alto -SOLD

For sale, a stunning Cleveland King Super 20 Silver Sonic alto saxophone with its original case,  solid silver bell and underslung octave key. This is a commission sale for VSO.

These fantastic horns need no introduction, Cannonball Adderley saw to that! If you are in love with the fantastic, full, beautiful tone of Cannonball and Bird this is the horn that will deliver. It would make a sensational lead alto.

This is a stunning example of a collectors condition Cleveland made saxophone with serial number 394xxx  It does not get any better then this falling right in the most desirable range possible for a King! This is the series four with all the new improved features. Built around 1963. The Super 20s were always evolving through the many phases and this was its most evolved form prior to the downfall of King.  This is the most highly evolved, best playing revision of the King Super 20 made.  After this version of the Super 20 King moved from the Cleveland factory to the East Lake factory and started dumbing down the Super 20 turning into into a more affordable choice.

The horn feels beautiful and fabulous in the hands!

I have been lucky enough to own and play a great number of King Super 20s and I was extremely lucky to find this King Super 20 silver sonic in this condition! My best guess is before I acquired this beauty it was in the hands of a collector.

This horn is a time capsule,  showing very little signs of aging considering it is 60s years old!

The horn had almost a full overhaul with most of its pads and materials being changed as you can see from the pictures.

The horn is setup  with lighting fast action but is also very delicate and light to the touch.

This saxophone comes with its own very valuable original crocodile tolex leather lined traypack case!  This is an extremely rare and valuable case in fantastic shape.

This case comes with its 2x original keys of the outside latch locks.

Its almost impossible to find a King Super 20 Silver Sonic in this condition.  Kings patina and age more then some other brands so its very common to find Super 20s is very aged shape.  This horn is just incredible about how nice it is!

This horn is a Silver Sonic so the entire bell and neck are actually pure solid sterling silver!  Any horns with pure silver add a tonal characteristics that really helps to achieve a large then life big, bad and bold  tone that really vibrates under your fingers like no other horn can.

Although this horn is extremely valuable and is in fantastic condition this horn is still an antique and has some used marks, scratching, smudging, tarnish, metal wear and other anomalies associated with an almost 60 year old antique!

If you have been waiting for the right King Super 20 to come around. Here it is. It doesn’t get any better than this in my opinion394xxx