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Adolfe Sax was an accomplished flautist and clarinetist that lived through out the nineteenth century. He was more well renowned as an inventor and often improved upon the designs of the existing instruments of the time (Ferraro 2). He invented what is known as the saxophone (Grout 450). He used his musical training to test his inventions against rival musicians and instrument makers in order to prove that his designs were superior (Ferraro 2).
In 1839, Adolphe Sax attended the Paris…
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