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Graham Lyons obituary

Other lives: Bassoonist and multi-instrumentalist who played in jazz bands and West End orchestra pits

Its success led Graham to co-found a company called Nuvo to develop a range of plastic woodwind instruments and to publish an accompanying musical curriculum for them that is now widely used in schools around the globe. Graham was born in Hampstead, north London, to Dick, who owned a drapery business, and his wife, Debbe (nee Sugar). He reared hawk moths from eggs in a cage in his garden, was a vegan many years before plant-based meals became popular, and taught himself Russian in a theatrical season, using the breaks during performances in a theatre pit.

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