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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 ♭ , smaller than the B ♭ tenor but larger than the B ♭ soprano .
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass.As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to produce a sound wave inside the instrument's body.
From their 1971 catalog, King Instruments produced two models of the altonium: numbers 1147 and 1148. The 1147 was a straight model, and the 1148 was a bell forward model. [5] In the US, the alto horn is colloquially known as the "peck horn", supposedly because these instruments were employed in band music to "peck away at" the off-beats.
Alboka (Basque Country, Spain); Arghul (Egypt and other Arabic nations); Aulochrome; Chalumeau; Clarinet. Piccolo (or sopranino, or octave) clarinet; Sopranino clarinet (including E-flat clarinet)
His first instrument was drums, but he quickly changed to the alto saxophone. He turned professional in 1977. His early work included time with the Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra and the Temperance Seven , but his principal stylistic influences have been the American alto player Lee Konitz and tenor player Warne Marsh .
The over-the-shoulder variety of the instrument was used, as the backward-pointing bell of the instrument allowed troops marching behind the band to hear the music. Contemporary works featuring this instrument are Désiré Dondeyne 's Tubissimo for bass tuba or saxhorn and piano (1983), Olivier Messiaen 's Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum ...
The advances made by Adolphe Sax were soon followed by the British brass band movement, which exclusively adopted the saxhorn family of instruments. [11] A decade after saxhorns became available, the Jedforest Instrumental Band (1854) [ 12 ] and The Hawick Saxhorn Band (1855) [ 13 ] were formed in the Scottish Borders .
A "stencil" saxophone is a saxophone made by a manufacturer that is then sold to another company that (perhaps literally) takes a stencil and engraves their own name/information on the horn. The Julius Keilwerth company provided not only complete saxophones to other companies as stencils, but also saxophone bodies for other companies to affix ...