Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

For the performance in November, not only the saxophone but also the Pianica (keyboard harmonica) will play an important role ...

Orchestras hated him. When Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1841, he sought to combine the subtlety of woodwinds with the power of big brass in an instrument unlike anything the world had ever ...

The same year that the Musical Instrument Museum (mim) in Brussels was founded, 1877, Adolphe Sax declared bankruptcy for the third time. A number of items from the Belgian-born, Paris-based ...

BALTIMORE, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Those who play reed instruments -- clarinets and saxophones -- can get "saxophone lung" from the instrument if it is not properly cleaned, U.S. researchers say. In a case ...