Antoine Joseph Sax was born on 6 November 1814, in the street that has born his name since 1896, in a modest house, which was destroyed in 1914, and which was built on the present site of an important commercial building.
“Adolphe” Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who played flute and clarinet Created the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba.
Featured Image: Antoine-Joseph “Adolphe” Sax, the father of the saxophone
Website: sax.dinant.be
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