Happy Saxophone Day 2013
Happy Saxophone Day 2013 everyone! It was 199 years ago today that a man was born in the Belgium city of Dinant—a man who would …
Adolphe Sax
Another Saxophone Hater From the 1920s
I have noted in the past, some articles from the early 20th century that were critical of saxophones and saxophone players. (They were, of course, …
Happy Saxophone Day!
Is it an official holiday? Well not really, but it is listed on Hallmark’s Ultimate Holiday Site. Gee, I wonder if they make a greeting …
Experimentations With Carbon Fiber & Saxophone Parts
Although the saxophone hasn’t changed a great deal since Adolphe Sax invented it in the 1840s—it is after all still a conical bore that uses …
Happy 197th Sax Day
It was 197 years ago today, on November 6, 1814, that Adolphe Sax was born. No one knew that his birth in Dinant, Belgium, …
