In 1947, after World War II, a local man named Chang Chi-pan, who loved playing and composing music, ordered a saxophone from Japan and formed a band with fellow enthusiasts Chang Teng-hui and Chang Lien-cheng. The instrument cost as much as a hectare of land fetched in those days.
民國 36 年，百廢待舉的光復初期，后里鄉一位熱愛音樂演奏與作曲的地方鄉紳張基盤，以一甲地的代價，自日本訂購了一把薩克斯風，並與音樂同好張騰輝、張連昌合組一個輕音樂團。