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Saxophone
Patented by Adolphe Sax
1846
Sax patented a whole family of saxophones in different sizes.
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Checked 2026-11-01: Researched by Codex (two independent publishers, verbatim quotes); every counted quote re-found on its page by the server check (content-verify, or content-verify-pdf for PDFs); scope and plausibility reviewed by Claude (AI build agent). Quotes are short passages from each source; for dates the quote is the year as printed, read in context.
“Adolphe Sax patented a range of eight saxophones in 1846”Henri SELMER Paris: source, retrieved 2026-10-27; quote re-found by the server check
“the patent he took out on 21 March 1846”Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels — Royal Museums of Art and History: source, retrieved 2026-10-27; quote re-found by the server check
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