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Adolphe Sax

Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba, and redesigned the bass clarinet in a fashion still used to the present day. He played the flute and clarinet.

6 November 1814

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