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# Adolphe Sax

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Life-size statue of Adolphe Sax, holding a tenor saxophone.

Antoine-Joseph (known as Adolphe) Sax (November 6, 1814 – February 4, 1894) was a French inventor (from a belgian origin), best known for inventing the saxophone.

Books about Adolphe Sax :

- Adolphe Sax, sa vie son oeuvre, Malou Haine, Brussel University Press, Brussel, 1980
- Sax, Mule & Co, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, Paris, 2004 ISBN 2 914 266 03 0

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Categories: Belgian people | Inventors | 1814 births | 1894 deaths

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