TRAVERSE CITY — Laurie Sears picked up her first saxophone at 10 years old and has been playing ever since. Private lessons and band classes turned into shows with local jazz bands and orchestras ...
It took decades—a century even, depending how you count—for Adolphe Sax’s invention to take its place in history. The Belgian instrument maker, born 201 years ago, on Nov. 6, 1814, patented the ...
Adolphe Sax made this alto saxophone in 1857, long after he had switched to brass. The sax is still a woodwind instrument, though. Photo courtesy National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota The ...
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