11. Adolphe Sax invented one in 1840.12. Finally, Adolphe Sax , a Belgian manufacturer of musical instruments, designed a straight-bodied form of the bass clarinet in 1838. 13. The saxophone was developed in 1840 by Adolphe Sax , a Belgian instrument maker, flautist, and clarinetist based in Brussels. 14. Daneels was the founding president of International Adolphe Sax Association in 1994, and served in that role until 2004. 15. Kastner's strongest interest was in wind music, and he was especially interested in the instrumental inventions of Adolphe Sax . 16. Another invention which to a large extent contributed to the development of jazz music was Adolphe Sax 's new instrument. 17. Caravan produces a line of saxophone mouthpieces generally based on the original mouthpiece design of Adolphe Sax , the instrument's inventor. 18. BRUSSELS, Belgium ( AP ) _ Adolphe Sax is playing his instrument to the tune of 200 Belgian francs starting Thursday. 19. The advances made by Adolphe Sax were soon followed by the British brass band movement which exclusively adopted the saxhorn range. 20. In 1858, following a long series of lawsuits with Adolphe Sax , Gustave-Auguste Besson left Paris to build a factory in London.