Chang Lien-cheng, the father of Houli's saxophones, was born to a humble family of farmers in 1912, during the Japanese occupation. At the age of 13, as his four elder brothers were out tilling the fields, Chang began to dream of doing something bigger than driving an ox cart with his siblings.
張家第三代傳人、連昌樂器公司負責人張宗瑤表示。這一位台灣薩克斯風之父──張連昌，生於 1912 年日據時代的一個平凡農家，13 歲的時候，當家中 4 位兄長都在田裡耕作時，心懷大志的張連昌心想：「大家都在牽牛車，未來怎會有出脫的機會？」