Adolphe Sax

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Adolphe Sax
Sax in the 1850s
Born	Antoine-Joseph Sax (1814-11-06)6 November 1814 Dinant, Provisional Government of Belgium (present-day Belgium)
Died	7 February 1894(1894-02-07) (aged 79) Paris, France
Burial place	Montmartre Cemetery (Cimetière de Montmartre), Paris, France[citation needed] 48°53′16″N 2°19′49″E / 48.88778°N 2.33028°E / 48.88778; 2.33028
Occupation(s)	Inventor, musician, musical instrument designer
Known for	Inventor of the saxophone

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (French: [ɑ̃twan ʒozɛf adɔlf saks]; 6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894)^[a] 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.^[1][2] He played the flute and clarinet.

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