François Sudre (1844–1912) was the inventor of the

sudrophone The sudrophone is a brass instrument invented by the French instrument maker François Sudre (1844–1912). Its shape resembles that of an ophicleide. It was patented in 1892.Renard, Jean-Michel"SUDROPHONE". Old Musical Instruments. Retrieved 12 A ...

, a

brass instrument A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. Brass instruments are also called labrosones or labrophones, from Latin a ...

resembling an

ophicleide The ophicleide ( ) is a family of conical-bore keyed brass instruments invented in early 19th century France to extend the keyed bugle into the alto, bass and contrabass ranges. Of these, the bass ophicleide in C or B took root over the cours ...

in shape, and patented in 1892. Born in

Carcassonne Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the ...

, southern France, he was a director of Comte et Cie., which in 1873 or 1875Dudgeon, Ralph Thomas (2004
''The Keyed Bugle'', p. 268. Scarecrow Press
/ref> had acquired Halary, the instrument-maker founded by

Jean Hilaire Asté Jean Hilaire Asté (1775–1840), also known as Halary or Halari, was a French professor of music and instrument-maker. Among the other instruments he patented, he is best known for inventing the ophicleide of which, it has been claimed, only five ...

in 1804, and who had patented the ophicleide in 1821.

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19th-century French inventors 1844 births 1912 deaths People from Carcassonne {{France-musician-stub