Adolphe Sax

✶November 6, 1814

†February 7, 1894

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About their life

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 in the 21st century. He played the flute and clarinet.

Belgian musical instrument designer and musician (1814–1894)

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