Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax Belgian, active France. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 684. When the saxophone was patented in 1846, the wind family lacked a robust lower voice. Sax developed the saxophone to fill this gap.

Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax Belgian, active France. This instrument features several innovations by Sax, including his six independant valve system and a pavillon tournant, or moveable bell that can be adjusted by the player to direct the sound of the instrument.

Maker: Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax (Belgian, Dinant, Belgium 1814–1894 Paris) Date: 1855. Geography: Paris, France. Culture: French. Medium: brass. Dimensions: 51 × 36 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (129.5 × 92.7 × 31.8 cm) Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn. Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889.

Since 1990, the International Adolphe Sax Association has set out to achieve the harmonious and coherent coordination of projects inspired by the emblematic figure of Adolphe Sax.

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (French: [ɑ̃twan ʒozɛf adɔlf saks]; 6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894) [a] was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846.

2024年4月5日 · Nestled along the serene banks of the Meuse River, the charming city of Dinant, Belgium, serves as a canvas for the extraordinary “Art on Sax” exhibition. This unique showcase pays homage to Dinant’s most illustrious son, Adolphe Sax, the …

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who created the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846.

2023年7月23日 · A shared love of jazz led author Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrator James Ransome to discover inventor Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax and the instrument named after him.

Maker: Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax (Belgian, Dinant, Belgium 1814–1894 Paris) Date: ca. 1863. Geography: Paris, France. Culture: French. Medium: Brass, white metal, cork. Dimensions: 29 1/2 × 26 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (75 × 68 × 21.3 cm) Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone. Credit Line: Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2014.

Adolphe Sax, born Antoine-Joseph, produced the first saxophone in about 1843: a C bass in the shape of an ophicleide. These "prototype" saxophones made in this curved style are vanishingly rare (there may be only four left, worldwide).