🎂 Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, is born (1814)
Where: Dinant, Belgium
📅 On This Day: November 6
November 6, 1814: Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, is born. Instrument maker Adolphe Sax was born in Dinant, Belgium. He invented a new instrument made of metal like a trumpet, but played with a reed like a clarinet. It was named the 'saxophone' after him.
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🧠 Question of the day
Where does the name 'saxophone' come from?
- A river in Dinant
- A word for 'wind'
- The inventor's name, Sax
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Answer: The inventor's name, Sax
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November 6, 1814: Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, is born. It happened in Dinant, Belgium.
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