âAlthough surveys reflect disapproval of the way Congress, the President and the Supreme Court are conducting their affairs, the Annenberg survey demonstrates that many know surprisingly little about these branches of government,â said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC).
Best Answer: An alto weighs about 3-4 pounds. A tenor weighs about 8. A bari weighs close to 15. The alto and tenor case don't add much more weight, usually a bari case will though. (What the case is made out of will also affect it) The alto is not a heavy instrument at all! I started at 11 and I was very small.
As the most popular and widely-used member of the saxophone family, the alto sax is a fixture in a huge variety of musical genres, from classical to jazz to contemporary. Though it is generally made of brass, the alto, like all saxophones, is classified as a woodwind due to its use of a reed and close similarity to the clarinet. The saxophone was created around the year 1840 by legendary instrument maker Adolphe Sax.