Playing with a band in front of an audience. more photos of me He endured strife and struggling and wrangling. One of his famous challenges was held in the Ministry of War. Sax was accompanied by a group of nine musicians, whereas Carafa's orchestra was composed of thirty-two performers. The location chosen for the challenge was the Champ-de-Mars... Adolphe Sax, inventor of the Saxophone Do you know what this famous sax player's nickname is? and the answer is... The saxophone was originally patented as two musical families: the "orchestral" family and the "band" family. Each family has seven instruments, but today only... read more...