Ehem....
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From: Upper Valley Community Band [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gasiorowski, Mary (GLSD) [[log in to unmask]]
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Yes, after doing something useful (creating the saxhorn brasswind family), Adolphe went downhill and recycled the ophicleide by adding a clarinet reed and naming it the saxophone...


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From: Upper Valley Community Band [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Erickson
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Subject: June 28, 1846: Parisian Inventor Patents Saxophone

Certain members of our delegation may enjoy this story:

June 28, 1846: Parisian Inventor Patents Saxophone
http://bit.ly/9YQG3A (Wired.com)


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