{"id":8163,"date":"2009-11-06T09:45:40","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T17:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=8163"},"modified":"2009-11-06T09:45:44","modified_gmt":"2009-11-06T17:45:44","slug":"happy-sax-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2009\/happy-sax-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Sax Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re a saxophone player, or even if you’re just a fan of the instrument, today is a day that really should be marked on your calender. It was exactly 195 years ago today that the inventor of the saxophone, Adolphe Sax, was born in Dinant, Belgium.<\/p>\n

Adolphe, whose father Charles-Joseph, was also an instrument maker, received a patent for the saxophone in 1846. By this date he had, on paper, designed a full\u00a0family\u00a0of saxophones ranging from the sopranino to the subcontrabass. The first saxophone that Adolphe demonstrated was a bass. This occurred\u00a0around 1842.<\/p>\n

So to commemorate the birth of the man who gave us an\u00a0instrument that forever changed the musical landscape, and for many of us here, changed our lives, I thought it would be interesting to check out how the town\u00a0in which he was born, recognized where he resided.<\/p>\n

Please note, I have optimized all these photos slightly for the web. Please visit the originals on Flickr if you wish to see them with a higher resolution.<\/h6>\n

Maison Adolphe Sax<\/h3>\n

\"Maison<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Photography by Zephyrinus<\/a>\u00a0 Source: Flickr<\/a><\/h6>\n

Dinant, statue d’Adolphe SAX<\/h3>\n

\"Dinant,<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Photography by Jean-Marie HUET<\/a>\u00a0 Source: Flickr<\/a><\/h6>\n

Adolphe Sax – 2<\/h3>\n

\"Adolphe<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Photography by Sitomon<\/a>\u00a0 Source: Flickr<\/a><\/h6>\n

Luckily the saxophone caught on like it did, and we’re playing not only one of the world’s most popular musical instruments, but one that’s relatively easy to pack around… Bass & contrabass saxophones notwithstanding… But even those of us that play\u00a0behemoths\u00a0like that these\u00a0should to be grateful. Can you imagine what kinds of cars we’d have to have if this Adolphe Sax invention<\/a> had caught on instead on the saxophone? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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