Saw’yer

F. J., Brighton, June 19, 1857—April 29, 1908. Bachelor of music, Oxford, 1877; Mus. Doc., 1884, Fellow R. C. of organists; organist for over 30 years; prof. of singing; c. oratorios, cantatas, etc.. Sax (sax), (1) Chas. Jos., Dinant-surMeuse, Belgium, 1791—Paris, 1865; studied flute and clarinet, Bru els Cons.; from 1815 managed an instr.factory at Bru els, making a specialty of bra instrs.; he made many improvements; 1853 he joined his son Ad. in Paris.,(2) (Ant. Jos.) Adolphe, Dinant, Nov. 6, 1814— Paris, Feb. 4, 1894; son of above; eminent maker and iny. of instrs.; he inv. the family of instrs. called the saxophone (v. D. D.); in Paris he continued venting the saxhorns, saxotromba, etc.; 1857 teacher of the saxophone, Paris Cons. and pub. a saxophone method; he had much litigation over the priority of his inventions, but always won. (3) Alphonse, bro. and of above. (4) Marie, Vide sa .