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91.) Mel's Jam Session: What Jazz means to me
Over one day ago | Tue Jun 19 0:00:00 PDT 2007
The problem was, Adolphe invented the sax about 80 years before it found its ultimate cosmic role as the soothing melodic voice of jazz. Poor Adolphe Sax. He didn't live to see his great triumph. But if you go to Belgium, try to see his ...
From Dr. Mel Rosenberg
92.) compost and height: Ferran Fages | Bhob Rainey <i>Available now</i>
Over one day ago | Sat Nov 1 14:01:00 PDT 2008
In the mid-1800s, Adolphe Sax set out to create what would essentially be a loud-ass clarinet. At least, "loud" was the dominant criterion. He apparently liked military bands and wanted some blaring (and portable) woodwind to enter the ...
From short run releases
93.) Heroes of Capitalism: Elihu Thompson
Over one day ago | Sun Oct 19 0:00:00 PDT 2008
Thompson invented the electric arc welder, the 3-coil dynamo (which helped create the first electric lighting system), and the electrostatic motor. His inventions also improved the automobile muffler, the X-ray, the lightning rod, ...
From Eric D.
94.) Superconductor: The Question: Did Richard Wagner really invent his ...
Over one day ago | Mon Mar 24 3:20:00 PDT 2008
He went to various instrument makers (including the famous Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone) and Swiss artisan C.W. Moritz. Finally, it was Munich craftsman George Ottensteiner, working with a generous stipend from King Ludwig II, ...
From Paul Pelkonen
95.) jazz saxophones
Over one day ago | Sat May 3 17:15:00 PDT 2008
the saxophone was invented by adolphe sax, a belgian, in the 1840s. later, many people made their own alterations to the instrument. there are many kinds of saxophones but the most commonly used are: soprano, alto, tenor and baritone ...
From admin
96.) History of Sax
Over one day ago | Thu Nov 1 0:00:00 PDT 2007
saxophone The saxophone was invented by a Belgian manufacturer, Adolphe Sax and exhibited to the world for the first time at the 1841 Brussels exhibition. The saxophone is a relatively young instrument. Photo credit:freeimages ...
From unknown
97.) godiva liqueurs: a date with the sax
Over one day ago | Fri Apr 11 10:45:00 PDT 2008
adolphe sax, a belgian, invented the saxophone. it is the only woodwind that was never actually made of wood. it is a beautiful brass instrument originally intended to fill the middle range tones between the clarinet and trumpet. ...
From intoxicologist
98.) adolphe sax patents saxophone
Over one day ago | Thu May 17 13:06:00 PDT 2007
his first important achievement was an improvement in the design of the bass clarinet, which he patented at age 20. he invented the instrument for which he is now known, the saxophone, for use in orchestras and concert bands in the ...
From unknown
99.) Baroque in Hackney: it's an elegantly dressed rhapsody
Over one day ago | Tue May 15 17:00:00 PDT 2007
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the day, in 1846, when Adolphe Sax received a patent on the musical instrument he had invented. (He called it the saxophone, naturally, just as I, if I were to invent an instrument, would call it the ...
From Ms Baroque
100.) there are 14 sections in a band.. this are the sections: i'm in ...
Over one day ago | Mon Jul 28 3:36:00 PDT 2008
the newest of the woodwinds, the saxophone, was invented by adolphe sax in the 1800's. history of flute: the early latin word for flute was "tibia", the same word for a shinbone. the early flute was made of bone, rather than wood which ...
From JAY.C.
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