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 ...

A famed jazz musician is on the hunt for a saxophone that he left in a San Francisco taxi after a performance Saturday night. Donald Harrison, who according to his website pioneered the "Nouveau Swing ...

This latest in a series of articles on where in London to learn different types of instrument, among other things, focuses on those you blow down/through/into. Woodwind instruments don’t get the ...

Composers have long pushed the boundaries of classical music by writing parts for new and innovative instruments—but not all of them have ended up a permanent fixture in the orchestra … The ...

It took decades—a century even, depending how you count—for Adolphe Sax’s invention to take its place in history. The Belgian instrument maker, born 201 years ago, on Nov. 6, 1814, patented the ...

Used woodwind and brass instruments were found to be heavily contaminated with a variety of bacteria and fungi, many of which are associated with minor to serious infectious and allergic diseases, ...