Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.

Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.

I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra.

I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing