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 ...
ANN ARBOR, MI -- Valentin Kovalev saw a saxophone for the first time at age 5 and thought it was made of gold. He also knew that he wanted to learn to play it. “I fell in love at first sight,” Kovalev ...