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The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E â™ , smaller than the B â™ tenor but larger than the B â™ soprano .
A Conn 'Pan American' alto saxophone, manufactured circa 1948. This saxophone has a similar body to a Conn 6M and keywork which is reminiscent of a Conn New Wonder. The company was founded in 1917 by Carl Dimond Greenleaf, (July 27, 1876, Wauseon, Ohio - July 10, 1959, Elkhart, Indiana) who was president of C.G. Conn. Greenleaf was expanding ...
Vibratosax is the product name of saxophones made from plastic, designed and built by the Thai company Vibrato. A global patent [1] makes Vibrato Co., Ltd. the sole manufacturer of saxophones, whose parts are mainly created from injection-molded plastic. Currently only Alto saxophones are available.
Yanagisawa unveils its bronze A-902 alto. 2003. Yanagisawa unveils the T-902, the tenor version of its bronze alto model. 2004. The SC-991 and SC-992 curved soprano models are announced. 2006. Yanagisawa builds the A-9914, the world's first alto saxophone with neck, body, bow, and bell crafted entirely in 14K gold.
The classical saxophone quartet consists of a B â™ soprano saxophone, E â™ alto saxophone, B â™ tenor saxophone, and E â™ baritone saxophone (SATB). On occasion, the soprano is replaced with a second alto sax (AATB); a few professional saxophone quartets have featured non-standard instrumentation, such as James Fei 's Alto Quartet [ 24 ...
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 29 (1970)—Robert Muczynski [38] Variations on a Dorian Theme for alto saxophone and piano (1972)—Gordon Jacob; Four Moods for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1975)—Phil Woods; Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1979)—John Worley; Albanian Summer (1980)—Dave Smith; Divertimento (1982)—Charles ...
William McLeish Smith (November 25, 1910 – March 7, 1967) [1] was an American saxophonist and one of the major alto saxophone players of the swing era. He also ...
Jazz saxophonists are musicians who play various types of saxophones (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone etc.) in jazz and its associated subgenres. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 20th century, influenced by both movements of musicians that became the subgenres and by particularly influential sax players who helped reshape ...
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