Adolphe Sax

by a man named Antoine-Joseph Sax. The saxophone is played with a reed and has numerous buttons down its body. But almost as interesting as the saxophone, is the man who invented it. Antoine-Joseph Sax, known better as Adolphe Sax, was born in Dinant, Belgium on November 6, 1814 (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). The oldest of 11 children, he was lucky to survive his childhood, during which he fell from a third-story window, swallowed a pin, was burned in a gunpowder accident and burned again by a frying pan, was poisoned three times by varnish fumes, hit on the head with a cobblestone, and nearly drowned in a river. In between these incidents, Sax took naturally to the trade of his father (Sax, Adolphe). His dad,…

invented the saxophone 170 years ago. Adolphe Sax, the sax itself, and the sax through history are all important in understanding this unique instrument. The evolution of musical instruments is quite a long process involving tons of different instrument makers, each building on the advancements of the last ones. The story of the saxophone differs from the usual pattern of instrument building as its creation lacks all these different steps and is due to one man, Adolphe Sax. Of all his…

How it’s made and who the inventor was helps it’s uniqueness even more. The first saxophone was made in Belgium in a instrument making store run by a father and son. The son though named Antoine Joseph Sax, given the nickname Adolphe Sax, was the one to meddle with other instruments and create the saxophone. Adolphe Sax was born on November 6th, 1914 in Dinant Belgium. He worked with his father in his music shop that made instruments. Adolphe grew up learning about the clarinet, which he…

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Antoine Joseph (Adolphe) Sax. This musical instrument was developed in the 1840’s and was patented in June 1846. It is mostly used for classical and jazz music and is the one of the newer instruments used than any other. The Alto Saxophone works when air is pushed through a mouthpiece creating vibrations that run throughout the body of the instrument creating the wonderful sound. The instrument was created by Adolphe Sax and his father Charles Joseph in the 1840’s. In 1841, they had presented…

saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgium instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. 2. Aim With this paper I am discussing existing knowledge on the physics of the Alto Saxophone, in particular the creation of sound. Introduction: 1. History The Saxophone is an instrument with a single reed, finger keys, and is shaped as a conical metal tube. Four Saxophones are used commonly today; Soprano Saxophone in Bb, Alto…

create their colorful, characteristic sound, but some, in the past have been made of copper, silver, bronze, and even plastic. There are four main saxophones that are commonly used which are soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone. Soprano and tenor saxophones are in the key of Bb and alto and baritone saxophones are in the key of Eb. There are also the less commonly known Sopranino in Eb, bass in Bb, Contrabass in Eb, and subcontrabass in Bb. These saxophones aren’t as popular because they are…

The instruments developed by Sax were generally pitched in E and B, while the Wieprecht "basstuba" and the subsequent Cerveny contrabass tuba were pitched in F and C . Sax's instruments gained dominance in France, and later in Britain and America, as a result of the popularity and movements of instrument makers such as Gustave Auguste Besson and Henry Distin . Afterwards there have been many other various types of the Tuba including some with different types of valves different numbers and…

made out of brass metal and produces sound through the vibration of a reed, or a piece of wood put in the mouthpiece of the instrument. The sound travels through the inside of the horn and comes out at the end projecting it out with a pitch (or note). The desired pitch can essentially be acquired by pressing a variety of keys that close or open holes in the horn as one is blowing air through it in order to make the reed vibrate. As time has progressed, the amount of keys that are in a saxophone…