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History and Background |
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the later part of the Nineteenth Century, the Europeans started
to open factories to manufacture Western musical instruments in
the special foreign regions in China. The French had factories in
Shanghai to manufacture saxophones and other brass instruments.
Other countries also gradually transplanted their industries and
cultures into China. The infusion of the American Broadway music
and the Jazz music in the early Twentieth Century resulted in Shanghai
becoming the center of saxophone manufacturing in Asia. |
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| The first persons to make saxophones in Taiwan are a Shanghai technician named Mr. Li and several Air Force officers. They originally made trumpets in Gongshan, then later went to Taichung to make saxophones. They are considered the forefathers of saxophone industry in Taiwan. The first local person to make saxophones in Taiwan was Mr. Li's protege named Mr. Huang. He opened a factory called Beautiful Sound Musical Instruments Company. He is now known as the founder of the Beautiful Sound Party. | ||||
| At around the same time, Mr. Chang Lien-cheng successfully assembled the first saxophone from scratch in Holi. With the financial support of Dr. Chang Ji-pan, Mr. Chang Lien-cheng partnered with welder Mr. Chang Jie-de to form the Taiwan Woodwind Instrument Company in Taichung. They are known as the founders of the Taiwan Woodwind Party, as well as the forefathers of Holi's saxophone industry. | ||||
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