Charles-Joseph Sax Explained

Charles-Joseph Sax
Birth Date:1790 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Dinant, Wallonia, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium)
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:Belgian
Known For:Father of Adolphe Sax
Occupation:Inventor, musical instrument designer

Charles-Joseph Sax (1 February 1790  - 26 April 1865) was a Belgian musical instrument maker. His son was Adolphe Sax, who invented the saxophone, the saxhorn and the saxotromba.[1]

Sax was the son of Françoise Élisabeth (Maréchal) and Antoine Joseph Sax.[2] He 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.[3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adolphe Sax | Belgian inventor | Britannica.com. britannica.com. 2016-05-15.
  2. Web site: Belgian Laces. 1993.
  3. Web site: Clarinet in B-flat | 53.223 | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. metmuseum.org. 2016-05-15.
  4. Web site: Home | National Music Museum. orgs.usd.edu. 2016-05-15.
  5. Web site: Search | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. mfa.org. 2016-05-15.