D.R.G.M.: An Early 20th Century Copyright
Update June 2024: Check the following for a current website’s explanation of this acronym. For more than 2 years now I have been researching and …
Patents
A Little Bit Of Saxophone Trivia For You
Do you know when the bis Bb key was invented? Do you know who invented it? Selmer Mark VI Soprano, Serial # 266XXX If …
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Look In The Distance, It’s A Sousaphone. No, It’s A Clarinet?
Both Canada and the United States had their national holidays this past week. Therefore, if you live in North America, there’s a good chance the …
JK’s Angel Wing Patent
The year was 1951, and the Julius Keilwerth Saxophone company filed an application with the German patent office for a radical new type of key guard. This key …
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A Slide Sax That Didn’t Catch On
As I was researching an article on slide saxophones that I’m writing, I happened across the following oddity, which by all accounts, didn’t catch on. In …
