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Trumpet was too loud, clarinet was too soft — here's 'The Story of the Saxophone' | Iowa Public Radio
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On this day November 6, in 1814 Adolphe Sax (the inventor of the saxophone) was born in Dinant, Belgium. He died on February 4, 1894 in Paris, France. : r/Jazz
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