"Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan ʒɔzɛf adɔlf saks]; 6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894) was a Belgian inventor and musician who created the saxophone in ...
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the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba. He played the flute and clarinet." - (en.wikipedia.org 30.01.2020)