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TIL that the saxophone was invented only in 1846 by Adolphe Sax. As a child, he survived a three-story fall, a gunpowder explosion, drinking a bowl of sulfuric water, a near-poisoning due to furniture varnish, and falling into a speeding river. His neighbors called him “little Sax, the ghost.”

via reddit.com

God really did not want the Saxophone invented.

perfect timing for this post showing up but Mr. Sax invented a bunch of other instruments (including ones that had a run but didn’t really stick around) but y’all wanna see one of his failed inventions?

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behold, the fucking valved trombone

That’s not an instrument, that a section of plumbing

perpendicular honk engine

His mother once said that “he’s a child condemned to misfortune; he won’t live.”

The best part about this story is that Saxe lived from 1814 to 1894 - he died at 80.

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