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Adolphe Sax

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Trailer in ENGLISH of the Documentary "Sax Revolutions: The Adolphe Sax's life"

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Adolphe Sax

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How One Man Escaped Death to Invent the Saxophone

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History of the Saxophone. Part 1: Adolphe Sax and the Early Years

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This original Adolphe Saxophone circa late 1800's.

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s. He played the flute and clarinet. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba.
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