François Sudre (1844–1912) was the inventor of the sudrophone, a brass instrument resembling an ophicleide in shape, and patented in 1892.[1][2]

Born in Carcassonne,[3] southern France, he was a director of Comte et Cie., which in 1873[4] or 1875[5] had acquired Halary, the instrument-maker founded by Jean Hilaire Asté in 1804, and who had patented the ophicleide in 1821.

References

  1. ↑ Renard, Jean-Michel "Old Musical Instruments" Archived 2007-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Herbert, Trevor and John Wallace (1997) The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments, p. 154. Cambridge University Press. At Google Books. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Pierre, Constant (1893) (in French) Les facteurs d'instruments de musique: les luthiers et la facture instrumentale; précis historique, p. 337. E. Sagot At Google Books. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Reynaud, Cécile (2003) (in French) Berlioz, la voix du romantisme, p. 159. Bibliothèque nationale de France At Google Books. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Dudgeon, Ralph Thomas (2004) The Keyed Bugle, p. 268. Scarecrow Press


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