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A catalogue showing various Adolphe Sax instruments, including saxhorns, saxophones, and saxotrombas. The saxhorns form a family of seven brass instruments (although at one point ten different sizes seem to have existed). Designed for band use, they are pitched alternately in E ♭ and B ♭, like the saxophone group.
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Following the war, Elliot Kehl secured a controlling interest in the company and began development of several new products including the Farkas Model French horn and a new line of saxophones. [4] The Stratodyne was Holton's top line saxophone from 1948 to 1958 and the last model sold as a professional saxophone by Holton. [10]
The Memphis Horns was an American horn section, made famous by their many appearances on Stax Records. The duo consisted of Wayne Jackson on trumpet and Andrew Love on tenor saxophone . An "offshoot of the Mar-Keys ", they continued to work together for over 30 years. [ 1 ]
A sales representative for Grafton (or the owner of the company, depending on the source) asked Parker to use a Grafton for a Massey Hall gig in May 1953. Although Parker was under exclusive contract to use only one type of saxophone while gigging in the United States, outside the U.S. he was free to use any sax he wished.
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The baritone sax is an important part of military bands and is common in musical theater. Horn sections with baritone saxophone were used on many rock-and-roll hits of the 1950s, several Motown hits of the 1960s featured baritone saxophonist Mike Terry, and the instrument continued to be used in horn sections in American rock and pop music. It ...
On 22 November 1845 Sax was granted French Patent 2306 for a "Musical instrument, called the saxotromba, whose principles of construction may by means of slight modifications, be applied to saxhorns, cornets, trumpets, and trombones". [9] The saxotromba was also included in another of Sax's patents, Brevet d'invention 8351 of 5 May 1849. This ...