“Adolphe Sax is credited with the invention of the saxophone.
His father was Belgium's chief instrument maker, and Adolphe
would not only master his father's art, but rapidly outperform
him in both expertise and vision. At age fifteen, he created a
clarinet and two flutes out of ivory, an accomplishment
considered nearly unthinkable at the time. Adolphe additionally
made critical improvements to different instruments, such as,
the clarinet and the trumpet. Adolphe wasn’t only a designer, he
was also an ace instrumentalist. He learned the discipline of
music at some of Europe's finest Conservatories. He could play,
and play well, each wind instrument of his time. Being the
visionary he was, Adolphe had a plan to craft a totally new
instrument. This instrument would consolidate the energy of a
brass instrument with the nuances of a woodwind instrument,
with the facility of a stringed instrument. After much
experimentation, he had his earliest functioning prototype in
1841, which he named the bass horn. It wasn’t until an audit of
his new instrument in the French paper Journal des Debats, that
the name "le saxophon" or saxophone came to fruition” (Depth).
His father was Belgium's chief instrument maker, and Adolphe
would not only master his father's art, but rapidly outperform
him in both expertise and vision. At age fifteen, he created a
clarinet and two flutes out of ivory, an accomplishment
considered nearly unthinkable at the time. Adolphe additionally
made critical improvements to different instruments, such as,
the clarinet and the trumpet. Adolphe wasn’t only a designer, he
was also an ace instrumentalist. He learned the discipline of
music at some of Europe's finest Conservatories. He could play,
and play well, each wind instrument of his time. Being the
visionary he was, Adolphe had a plan to craft a totally new
instrument. This instrument would consolidate the energy of a
brass instrument with the nuances of a woodwind instrument,
with the facility of a stringed instrument. After much
experimentation, he had his earliest functioning prototype in
1841, which he named the bass horn. It wasn’t until an audit of
his new instrument in the French paper Journal des Debats, that
the name "le saxophon" or saxophone came to fruition” (Depth).