### Patent of the Saxophone **Date**: June 28, 1846 • **Location**: Rome, Italy Belgian musician Adolphe Sax patented his design of the saxophone (example pictured). Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba, and redesigned the bass clarinet in a fashion still used in the 21st century. He played the flute and clarinet.

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