The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax in the early 1840s; made its public début at the Paris Industrial Exhibition in 1844; and was patented …
While looking through the news archives for interesting, historical, saxophone stories, I happened across this ad from the October 6,1937 edition of the Lewiston Evening …
We all know that the sax-happy 1920s saw an explosion of the saxophones in the public consciousness, and by extension saxophone sales peaked as well. …
As saxophone players we are told early on that doubling is expected of us. Why is that anyway? Do bassoon players have to double on …
It’s always interesting to take a look back in time, and see how our instruments were written about back in the day. Clearly whoever wrote …
