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Statue of Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (1814-1894), Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone, in Dinant, Belgium Stock Photo - Alamy
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Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax | Soprano ophicleide in B-flat | French | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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