Saxophonist

A. Ursyn Orchestra / Saxophonist Bill

Saxophonist

Bill, the saxophonist, and also a sculptor, needs oversized containers for his casts. Every year Christian (the accountant) spends a large amount of money on new instruments; some of it comes from the fund-raising events, where used pianos, soon to be replaced with the new computerized grand pianos, are sold at auctions. New pianos arrive in cute, sturdy cardboard containers that disappear mysteriously after they are unpacked. One can witness two individuals competing for the boxes or making a deal for them, yet nobody wants to explain why the boxes happen to be such a treasure. Janitors reveal secrets, that are known to very few people, about what happens around the trash bins when it is getting dark. The mystery ended when the cardboards were identified in two places; somebody saw them at Chris and Bill studios. Chris who plays trumpet uses cardboards for shipping big mixed media paintings and assemblages, while sculptor Bill uses cardboards for constructing stiff boxes to produce castings made from plaster of Paris.

The Saxophone

There are seven instruments in the saxophone family. Each one of them covers 2 1/2 octaves. Although they are made of brass, they are still classified as woodwind instruments.

The inventor of the saxophone was Adolfe Sax who was born in 1814 and died in 1894. The cause of the invention (1841) was to have an instrument play the chromatic scale with simpler key work than the clarinet. Although the saxophone has never become a consistent member of the orchestra, a lot of French composers used it in their pieces.

The saxophone is known for orchestra pieces such as:
Maurice Ravel's: Rhapsody
Strauss: Symphonia Domestica

Saxophone

There once was a guy named Max,
Who played a really mean sax.
When he jammed the music was too loud
that it deafened the entire crowd.
So in their ears they all wore wax.

by Doug Falter