Happy birthday adolphe sax biography
Where was adolphe sax born.
Inventor of the saxophone
Karel Goetghebeur, born in Ostend in 1978, is the founder and creator behind Adolphe Sax & Cie. As a secondary occupation, he established his saxophone business after he received the exclusive distribution rights of a particular saxophone brand for all of Europe.
In 2010, he took a leap of faith and decided to work with saxophones full-time.
Karel Goetghebeur (Bruges, BE)
When at the beginning of 2012, he discovered the possibility to obtain the rights to the name “Adolphe Sax & Cie”, nothing could stop him.
Happy birthday adolphe sax biography
Long story short: Along with his American colleague and friend Juan, he visited various factories. They found a factory which liked the concept of an “old idea with modern application”. From that moment onward, the first prototypes were developed, assessed, tested and adjusted.
On 27 September 2012, it was announced to the press in Bruges: “Adolphe Sax & Cie” was a fact!
The “Adolphe Sax & Cie” story is no one-man show.
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