1 feb 1790 año - Birth of: Charles-Joesph Sax

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Born in: Dinant, Belgium.

A skilled workman, he seems to have taught himself the craft of wind instrument making.
In 1815 he established a factory for brass and woodwind instruments in Brussels. His products soon attracted notice; in the same year he received a court appointment and was entrusted with supplying instruments for certain Dutch Army regiments then in the course of formation. Instruments bearing his mark figured at the Paris Exposition of 1867

Bate, Philip, and Wally Horwood. "Sax family." Grove Music Online. January 01, 2001. Oxford University Press,. Date of access 5 Oct. 2018, <http:////www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000024666>

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