In 1888, according to the website, the sax came to America when a man named Charles Gerrard from Elkhart, Indiana, began making brass saxophones for military bands. By the early 1900s, the ...

U.S. production began in 1888 when Charles Gerard Conn of Elkhart, Indiana, started manufacturing the instruments for military bands. By the early 1900s, the saxophone had become a comedy fixture ...

ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT ... continuing a series of “firsts” by building the first American-made saxophone and the first sousaphone. “C.G. Conn, the factory itself, was really the leader ...