Saxophone

**saxophone**
	type of musical instrument of the woodwind family
	Upload media
	Wikipedia; Wikibooks
Instance of	type of musical instrument
Subclass of	woodwind instrument,; single clarinets with conical bore
Named after	Adolphe Sax;
Discoverer or inventor	Adolphe Sax;
Inception	1840;
Authority control
	Q9798; GND ID: 4179250-6; Library of Congress authority ID: sh85117829; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11966972w; National Diet Library ID: 00576411; BNCF Thesaurus ID: 2326; BabelNet ID: 00069426n; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007558346605171
	Reasonator; PetScan; Scholia; OpenStreetMap; Locator tool; Search depicted;

saxofón (es); Saxófónn (is); Saksofon (ms); saxophone (en-gb); саксофон (bg); Saxofone (pcd); saxofon (ro); سکسوفون (ur); Saxofón (sk); Saxofòn (oc); 薩氏管 (zh-hant); Saxofono (io); Saxophon (gsw); 색소폰 (ko); Саксофон (kk); saksofono (eo); saxofon (cs); Saksofon (bs); Sacsafone (gv); saxophone (bn); saxophone (fr); Saksofon (jv); Saksofon (hr); 萨克斯管 (zh-my); Саксофон (cv); σαξόφωνο (el); Saksofon (sh); Saxophone (vi); саксафон (be); Saksofons (lv); Saxofoon (af); саксофон (sr); saxofon (sv); Sakɩsofonɩ (kbp); saxofone (pt-br); 萨克斯管 (zh-sg); Saxophon (lb); saksofon (nn); saksofon (nb); saksofon (az); แซกโซโฟน (th); Saksofoan (fy); ಸ್ಯಾಕ್ಸೋಫೋನ್ (kn); ساکسفۆن (ckb); saxophone (en); ساكسفون (ar); saxòfon (ca); saxofoon (nl); ဆက်ဆိုဟွန်း (my); 色士風 (yue); szaxofon (hu); ሳክሶፎን (am); സാക്സഫോൺ (ml); saxofoi (eu); Saxophone (nan); saxofón (ast); Saksafon (diq); Saksuphun (qu); Saxophon (de); Saksofon (id); Saksafoni (sq); ساکسوفون (fa); 薩克斯風 (zh); saxofon (da); საქსოფონი (ka); サクソフォーン (ja); Saxophono (ia); Saksofon (uz); ساكسفون (arz); саксофон (uk); סקסופון (he); Saxophonum (la); saksofoni (fi); սաքսոֆոն (hy); 萨克斯 (wuu); saksofuvdna (se); saksofoon (frr); Saxophone (en-ca); sacsafón (ga); சாக்சபோன் (ta); sassofono (it); саксофон (tg); Saxofong (vls); саксафон (be-tarask); 色士風 (zh-mo); саксофон (mk); saxofone (pt); Sacsoffon (cy); 萨克斯管 (zh-cn); Saksofon (tr); Sassòfunu (scn); saksofon (sr-el); sassofonu (mt); саксофон (sr-ec); saksofon (et); Saksofonas (lt); saksofon (sl); Saxophone (tl); saxaphone (te); ᎠᏤᎷᎯᏍᏗ (chr); Saxophone (war); saksofon (pl); Sacsafòn (gd); 薩氏管 (zh-tw); Saxofon (rm); Саксофон (ky); Saxofoon (nds-nl); 色士風 (zh-hk); Saxofón (gl); саксофон (ru); Sasòfono (vec); ساکسیفون (azb) instrumento musical (es); instrumentu musical de vientu (ast); духовой музыкальный инструмент (ru); Musikinstrument (de); instrument frymor i metalte (sq); 木管樂器 (zh); træblæser (da); üflemeli çalgılar ailesine ait bir müzik aleti (tr); 木管楽器 (ja); träblåsinstrument (sv); 木管樂器 (zh-hant); 木管乐器 (zh-cn); puupuhallinsoitin (fi); dechový hudební nástroj (cs); strumento musicale ad ancia semplice (it); instrument de musique à vent (fr); духавы музычны інструмэнт (be-tarask); 木管乐器 (zh-my); Instrumento musical (pt); strument mużikali (mt); instrumento de vento-madeira con corpo de metal (gl); inštrument iz družine pihal (sl); 木管樂器 (zh-hk); instrumento musical (pt-br); 木管乐器 (zh-sg); jenis alat musik keluarga tiup kayu (id); dęty instrument muzyczny (pl); 木管樂器 (zh-tw); blaasinstrument (nl); เครื่องเป่าลมไม้ (th); 木管樂器 (zh-mo); instrument musical (ca); ئامێری مۆسیقا (ckb); type of musical instrument of the woodwind family (en); آلة نفخ أسطوانية تصويرية تنتمي لعائلة آلات النفخ الخشبية، تصنع عادة من النحاس الأصفر ويتم العزف بها عن طريق قصبة هوائية واحدة. (ar); музикален инструмент (bg); Museksinstrument (lb) saks (sl); サクソフォン, サキソフォン, サックス (ja); sax (id); saxofon (es); סקסופון למתחילים (he); 薩克斯風 (zh-tw); 薩克斯風, 色士風, 薩克斯管 (zh-hant); 萨克斯 (zh-cn); Sax, Saxofon (de); ساکس (ckb); Sax (sq); سَكسِيَّة (ar); sax (en); sax (sv)

The saxophone or "sax" is categorised as a woodwind instrument. It was created by Adolphe Sax in 1841. Initially, fourteen different models were created but only four of them became popular. They are the Soprano, the Alto, the Tenor and the Baritone saxophone.

Azərbaycanca: Saksofon nəfəsli musiqi alətidir.

Esperanto: Saksofono estas grupo da parencaj muzikiloj. Ili estas blovinstrumentoj kun anĉo.

Español: Saxofón es una familia de instrumentos de música. Son instrumentos de viento con caña.

Türkçe: Saksofon çoğunlukla koni ve “S” biçiminde pirinçten üretilen, ağzındaki kamış vasıtasıyla ses çıkaran bir çalgıdır.

Saxophones[edit]

Contrabass, bass, baritone, tenor, C melody, alto, F mezzo-soprano, soprano, C soprano, sopranino saxophones (rom largest to smallest ).
soprano, alto, tenor, bass (smallest to largest)
Sopranissimo Saxophone
Soprano Saxophone
straight soprano saxophone (front)
straight soprano saxophone (back)
Yamaha YAS-25 Alto Saxophone
Alto Sax
Tenor Sax
Baritone Sax
Selmer baritone saxophone
rubber & metal mouthpieces for tenor saxophone
Alto Sax mouthpiece
unusual key mechanism on a Conn 6M Lady Face alto saxophone
musicians playing trumpet (left) and saxophone
Musicians playing guitar, drums, and saxophone
Guitar, saxophone, trumpet
Fingerings

Saxophones at New Orleans Mardi Gras celebrations[edit]

Saxophone player (center) of Bone Tone Brass Band for Krewe du Vieux Carre parade
Storyville Stompers saxophonists, Society of Saint Anne Parade
Kosmic Debris Parade
On Frenchmen Street
On French Quarter balcony
Costumed sax player on Decatur Street
Saxophone, trumpet, and trombone
Saxophonist with Storyville Stompers
Soprano sax player