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Alto saxophone owned and played by Charlie Parker

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1964 Selmer Mark VI Saxophone & Mouthpieces

APPRAISER: It's a Selmer Mark VI alto saxophone made in Paris. The serial number dates it to about the middle of 1964. Uh, vintage horns, such as this, are more desirable than even the best horns that ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The First Saxophone Was Made of Wood

Adolphe Sax made this alto saxophone in 1857, long after he had switched to brass. The sax is still a woodwind instrument, though. Photo courtesy National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota The ...
Los Angeles Times

The saxophone, on a more serious note

Many of today’s symphony orchestra instruments have been around for centuries. The violin, for instance, dates to the 1500s and as a result has an enormous repertoire spanning 450 years. The saxophone ...