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{{Short description|Belgian musical instrument inventor (1814–1894)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Expand French|topic=bio}} {{Infobox person | name = Adolphe Sax | image = Adolphe Sax 4a.jpg | alt = Adolphe Sax | caption = Sax in the 1850s | birth_name = Antoine-Joseph Sax | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1814|11|06}} | birth_place = [[Dinant]] (present-day Belgium) | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1894|02|07|1814|11|06}} | death_place = Paris, France | burial_place =[[Montmartre Cemetery]] (Cimetière de Montmartre), Paris, France{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} | burial_coordinates = {{coord|48|53|16|N|2|19|49|E|region:FR_type:landmark|display=inline}} | other_names = | known_for = Inventor of the saxophone | occupation = Musician, musical instrument designer | alma_mater = [[Royal Conservatory of Brussels]] }} '''Antoine-Joseph''' "'''Adolphe'''" '''Sax''' ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃twan ʒozɛf adɔlf saks|lang}}; 6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894){{efn|Other sources give alternative dates for Sax's death, mainly 3 and 7 February, including a sign at Sax's grave in Montmartre that says 7 February. 4 February appears in ''[[Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians]]'' (8th ed., [[Nicolas Slonimsky]]); ''[[The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music]]'' (1996 ed., p. 788); and in both the first and second editions of the ''[[New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]''.}} 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 in the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rice |first=Albert R. |date=2016 |title=The bass clarinets of Adolphe Sax: his influence and legacy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26623035 |journal=Revue belge de Musicologie / Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Muziekwetenschap |volume=70 |pages=91–105 |jstor=26623035 |issn=0771-6788}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=von Steiger |first=Adrian |date=2016 |title=Sax figures: can we deduce details of Adolphe Sax's instrument production from the sources? |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26623037 |journal=Revue belge de Musicologie / Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Muziekwetenschap |volume=70 |pages=129–148 |jstor=26623037 |issn=0771-6788}}</ref> He played the flute and clarinet.
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