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Curt Sachs in his book, 'The History of Musical Instruments', says, the saxophone “being intermediate between the timbres of wood and brass instruments, passes from the softness of the flute over 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 ...