Nationality Belgian Children Adolphe Sax Role Music maker | Name Charles-Joseph Sax Known for Father of Adolphe Sax | |
Occupation Inventor, musical instrument designer Died April 26, 1865, Paris, France Similar People Adolphe Sax, Marcel Mule, Hector Berlioz, Sir Charles Jones, Fromental Halevy | ||
Charles-Joseph Sax (1 February 1790 – 26 April 1865) was a Belgian (he lived in Dinant) musical instrument maker. His son was Adolphe Sax who invented the saxophone, the saxhorn and the saxotromba.
Sax was a maker of wind and brass instruments, as well as of pianos, harps, and guitars. Sax was a great instrument maker, and made sure his son had a good education and a leg to stand on for his future. He was a careful, strict, and kind father to his son, Adolphe Sax, and played a big part in his son's successful career.
Instruments built by Charles-Joseph are held in some museum collections.
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