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  1. ClassificationSingle-reed
    Inventor(s)Adolphe Sax
    Developed1840s
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    The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones.
    History

    The tenor saxophone is one of a family of fourteen instruments designed and constructed in 1846 by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian-born instrument maker, flautist and clarinetist. Based on an amalgam of ideas drawn fro… See more

    Description

    The tenor saxophone, like all saxophones, consists of an approximately conical tube of thin brass, a type of metal. The wider end of the tube is flared slightly to form a bell, while the narrower end is connected to a single reed mouth… See more

    Uses

    The tenor saxophone first gained popularity in one of its original intended roles: the military band. Soon after its invention, French and Belgian military bands began to take full advantage of the instrument that Sax had de… See more

    See also

    C-melody saxophone – a smaller tenor saxophone in the key of C
    Soprano saxophone – pitched above the alto saxophone
    Alto saxophone – pitched between the tenor and soprano saxophone… See more

     
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