MANTES-LA-VILLE, France (Reuters) - Its saxophones are played by the most famous jazzmen around the world and have even been sent into space, but growing competition from China pushed the French ...

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet shows off his sax on the International Space Station. (NASA / ESA Photo) Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield had his guitar, and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman had her flute ...

This file photo taken on January 17, 2018 shows a Saxophone just being assembled at the Selmer Saxophone factory in Mantes-la-Ville, outside Paris. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) After the financial ...

After the financial blues of the Covid pandemic, the French saxophone maker favoured by American jazz greats celebrates its 100th birthday looking to expand further in Asia and the United States.

Performing your country’s national anthem at the closing ceremony is a distinguished honor. But for France’s Thomas Pesquet, it was even more special. Pesquet, an astronaut currently in outer space, ...

Mantes-la-Ville (France) (AFP) – After the financial blues of the Covid pandemic, the French saxophone maker favoured by American jazz greats celebrates its 100th birthday looking to expand further in ...