Saxophone come from Belgium, made by a clarinet player and instrument maker named Adolphe Sax in early 1840. About how the emergence of the idea of making Saxophone itself is not clear, and experts concluded that one possibility is born of the experimental results Saxophone Sax with Clarinet, Adolphe Sax also famous for its redesign Bass Clarinet, with two separate registers an octave instrument.
Although according to research Saxophone born in 1841, but more appropriate if the year of his birth is at Sax patented his creation in 1846. Sax patents Saxophone 2 family includes the family of the orchestra (in C and in F) and the family band (in Bb and Eb in).
Use of this Saxophone pertaman time to surface by the Companions of the Hector Berlioz Sax in 1942. its use in the orchestra is very rare, only a few are using it like a classical composer Berlioz, Maurice Ravel, and the German composer Richard Wagner.
Saxophone technical developments can be divided into two phases, namely when the patent valid and afterwards Sax. In the first phase, change and progress is slow, and saxophone mechanism is simpler, more similar to the clarinet. But after the patent runs out in 1866, appears much Saxophone maker that eventually lead to a more rapid development technically. even so, in the 150 years of its development, the basic foundation Saxophone is not much changed from the initial design. at first saxophone widely used in military bands. Until well into the 1900s, saxophone slowly began widely used, one of them in the show and dance band Vaudeville replace the violin.
