Orpheo Tenor Saxophone

In very good condition ORPHEO TENOR SAXOPHONE. NO SERIAL NUMBER.

The tenor saxophone was invented in Belgium around 1840 by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian instrument maker, flautist, and clarinetist. Sax's goal was to create an instrument that combined the best qualities of woodwinds and brass instruments, and fill a missing range in military bands. He drew inspiration from the clarinet, flute, oboe, and ophicleide, and experimented with the bass clarinet. Sax's father, Charles Sax, was also an instrument maker who taught Adolphe how to build instruments and encouraged him to experiment.

The French government granted Sax a patent for the saxophone family on June 22, 1846, which divided the instruments into two groups of seven, ranging from soprano to contrabass. The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized, single-reed aerophone that is pitched in the key of B♭, meaning that when a note is played, the actual pitch that sounds is a major ninth lower. 

The tenor saxophone is used in many contexts, including military and marching bands, concert bands, orchestras, jazz combos, and mixed saxophone ensembles. Players such as Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, and John Coltrane helped create the classic cool jazz sound of the 1930s, 1940s, and beyond, but the tenor saxophone is also used in pop, rock, funk, and classical music. 

The cork needs to be redone on the mouthpiece, other than that the sax is in amazing condition.

The Orpheo brand originated with Orpheus Music. It was a step up from our Vespro student brand, and below Steve Goodson Model and Saxgourmet series. The horns were built by Tenon at their Viet Nam factory, and had kangaroo leather pads, keywork to high G, double arms on the bell keys, two different necks, and a lot of other nice features. Orpheus music fell on hard times and went under. Dennis Bamber now owns the brand name.

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