Saxophone

The Martin Company was founded in 1865 (or later - accounts differ) and it successor, The Martin Band instrument Company was founded in 1904. Wurlitzer bought Martin in 1965 and continued to sell instruments made with Martin tooling.

From at least 1904 to 1965, Martin made saxes. In that time there were about a dozen significant models, with many small changes made between the major changes, but most, if not all, sopranos of the vintage era are Handcraft models from the 1920's, or thereabouts. All vintage Martins from the earliest Handcraft model to the Magna introduced in 1956 are respected saxes, but all are now over 50 years old, so the biggest factor affecting value is condition.

A Martin Handcraft straight soprano in very good playing condition and with good, original silver plating - the most common finish - will sell for over $1,000. Curved sopranos generally sell for 50% to 80% more than straight instruments. Worn or damaged instruments will sell for much less, as will lacquered or bare brass instruments. Martin lacquer was never very good. Instruments with gold plating will sell for significantly more.

In 1971, LeBlanc bought the rights to the Martin name. LeBlanc also markets Vito and Yanagisawa, and sopranos of this era are thought of as student models, probably made by Yanagisawa. Quality varies, and it can be very difficult to determine just what model you have. Most any soprano sax in playing condition, other than the bargain basement Chinese instruments, will probably bring $500, but I know of no particular demand for LeBlanc era Martin sopranos above the generic baseline. If you have a sax that plays well and is in good condition, it should be worth more.

Yes he did play the saxaphone

The saxophone repertoire is any music written for saxophone, or transcribed for saxophone. This makes this music specific to saxophone and therefore playable on saxophone. Popular classical saxophone repertoire includes such pieces as Concerto-Glazunov, Concertino da Camera-Ibert, Sonata-Creston, Scaramouche-Milhaud.

It has a loop so that the instrument can make a lower sound without having to be super long. Longer/bigger things are lower and if you want something low without having it be too long to play or carry around, you've gotta have loops. That's why saxophones have their J-shape. Its really only a half-loop if you think about it.

Not exactly sure what the South Texas Music Mart is, but the cheapest a new Big Bell gets is around $3,000.

The classical period ended about 1820, and the sax was not invented until after 1840, so no, the sax was not used in the classical period.

The yacht in the Duran Duran video is a 1936 Fife yacht called Eilean. Regularly confused with Simon Le Bon's former yacht Drum (which at the time was a state of the art 1984 IOR maxi yacht), Eilean is a wooden classic that has fallen into a serious state of neglect since the video was shot. She has been recently purchased by an Italian watch company and is currently undergoing a complete restoration. Eilean is expected to be relaunched in 2009. Check out this link for information on the project: http://www.thewatchquote.com/Restoration-and-rebirth-of-a-classic-yacht-by-Officine-Panerai-No_6337.htm#tmpl_9418

Ernie Watts was the saxophonist for HB Barnum.

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Eris Darius is a smooth jazz artist who started playing as a young man. Eric Darius's two main instruments are Alto Saxophone and Tenor Saxophone. He has been seen playing a variety of different saxophone brands.

There are 10 Types of saxophones. Soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, C melody, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass, sub contrabass. The four main ones are the Soprano Saxophone, the Alto Saxophone, the Tenor Saxophone, and the Baritone, (Or Bari for short) Saxophone.

As far as I know, there are not. You could spend a couple hundred dollars and have somebody make one. Saxophones aren't really 'hand-ed' Both left-handed and right-handed (and ambidextrous) people can play the alto. You actually use both your hands pretty equally. Altos just look right-handed because of the way their backwards J shape makes a person sit/stand.

Unfortunately, as far as I know, there isn't really a way to stop this. The best way to help prevent this is to be very careful with your sax, but it's virtually impossible to keep those pestering little scratches off your lacquer.

This model was available in a nickel finish at this time, so it could be a factory finish. It could also have been nickled after it left the factory. You can contact the factory (or the Cody Museum in Wyoming) and pay for a letter which will state the new shipped condition and original purchaser.

this can vary based on a wide variety of events, if you are in a school band, or have a private teacher, were playing is instructed and professional, you will learn faster... there is no set level of experience required to officially be considered, as having learned to play, my philosophy is, the second you play your first song you play saxophone, don't let this go to your head though, just because you "play" doesn't mean your any good... I've been playing for 5 years.. and as far as i have gone, (believe me, you have no idea) theres always that window in front of you that you can get better to pass through even the best players of all time could be infinitely better... there is no limit, and so there is no set time

Well, sax is a great instrument, but i play the flute and you can play a wide range of different music with it, from classic, to jazz, and you can even beatbox with it, if your up for the challenge! but I'm a bit biased:) go with whichever one feels right for you.

A saxphone is called a ''woodwind'' because to make a sound it needs a ''reed'' whitch is made out of wood.

The notes for scales on the piano are the exact same notes for corresponding scales on the saxophone.

However, as the alto saxophone is in Eb and the tenor saxophone is in Bb, you will have to account for these differences by raising the piano notes by a minor third or lowering the piano notes by a whole step, respectively.

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Valve released the sheet music for sill alive for piano, guitar, etc. and if you google it your guranteed to find it but if you want an alto sax version you might have to either transpose it or play it off the piano version it's almost the same thing.

You can't wash your mouth piece in the dishwasher.

Extra info:

When you wash you mouth piece you use cold water, soap and a tooth brush. Don't wash the ligature

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Because depending on the body determines how high or low something is. A controbass will have a different key than a soprano or alto. The key of B is normal