Moolelo o ka saxophone
ʻO kekahi o nā mea kani keleawe kaulana Saxophone. ʻO ka mōʻaukala o ka saxophone ma kahi o 150 mau makahiki. Ua haku ʻia ka mea kani e Antoine-Joseph Sax i hānau ʻia ma Belgian, i kapa ʻia ʻo Adolphe Sax, i ka makahiki 1842. I ka wā mua, hoʻohana ʻia ka saxophone i nā pūʻali koa. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, ua lilo nā mea haku mele e like me J. Bizet, M. Ravel, SV Rachmaninov, AK Glazunov a me AI Khachaturian i mea hoihoi i ka mea kani. ʻAʻole ia he ʻāpana o ka symphony orchestra. Akā naʻe, i ke kani ʻana, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i nā kala momona i ke mele. I ke kenekulia 18, ua hoʻomaka ka saxophone e hoʻohana i ke ʻano jazz.
I ka hana ʻana i ka saxophone, hoʻohana ʻia nā metala e like me ke keleawe, ke kālā, ka platinum a i ʻole ke gula. Ua like ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa o ka saxophone me ka clarinet. Loaʻa i ka mea kani he 24 puka kani a me 2 kiwi e hana ai i kahi octave. I kēia manawa, hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻano 7 o kēia mea kani i ka ʻoihana mele. I waena o lākou, ʻo ka mea kaulana loa he alto, soprano, baritone a me tenor. Ke kani nei kēlā me kēia ʻano ʻano ma kahi ʻokoʻa mai C - palahalaha a i Fa o ke kolu octave. He ʻokoʻa ko ka saxophone, e like me ke kani o nā mea kani mai ka oboe a i ka clarinet.
I ka hoʻoilo o ka makahiki 1842, e noho ana ʻo Sachs ma ka hale, kau i ka waha o ka clarinet i ka ophicleide a hoʻāʻo e pāʻani. I ka lohe ʻana i nā memo mua, ua kapa ʻo ia i ka mea kani ma hope ona. Wahi a kekahi mau hōʻike, ua hana ʻo Sachs i ka mea kani ma mua o kēia lā. Akā ʻaʻole i haʻalele ka mea hoʻokumu iā ia iho i nā moʻolelo.
Ma hope koke iho o ka hana ʻana, ua hui ʻo ia me ka haku mele nui ʻo Hector Berlioz. E hui me Sachs, hele kūikawā ʻo ia i Paris. Ma waho aʻe o ka hālāwai ʻana me ka haku mele, makemake ʻo ia e hoʻolauna i ke kaiāulu mele i ka mea kani hou. I ka lohe ʻana i ke kani, ua hauʻoli ʻo Berlioz me ka saxophone. Hoʻopuka ka mea kani i nā leo maʻamau a me nā kani kani. ʻAʻole i lohe ka mea haku mele i kēlā ʻano kani ma kekahi o nā mea kani i loaʻa. Ua kono ʻia ʻo Sachs e Berlioz i ka conservatory no kahi hoʻokolokolo. Ma hope o kona hoʻokani ʻana i kāna mea kani hou i mua o ka poʻe hoʻokani pila, ua hāʻawi koke ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻokani bass clarinet ma ka orkestra, ʻaʻole naʻe ʻo ia i hoʻokani.
Ua hoʻokumu ka mea hana i ka saxophone mua ma ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi pu conical i kahi ʻohe clarinet. 
Ua hoʻohui pū ʻia kahi mīkini valve oboe iā lākou. Ua piʻo nā wēlau o ka mea kani a ua like me ka leka S. Ua hui ka saxophone i ke kani keleawe a me nā mea kani lāʻau.
I kona ulu ʻana, ua kū ʻo ia i nā pilikia he nui. I nā makahiki 1940, i ka wā i noho aliʻi ai ka Nazism iā Kelemānia, ua pāpā ke kānāwai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka saxophone i kahi orkestra. Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20, ua lilo ka saxophone i wahi koʻikoʻi ma waena o nā mea kani kaulana loa. Ma hope iki, ua lilo ka mea kani i "ke aliʻi o nā mele jazz."
