About François Sudre
Lived 1844 – 1912 (aged 67–68). François Sudre was a French inventor.
François Sudre (1844–1912) was the inventor of the sudrophone, a brass instrument resembling an ophicleide in shape, and patented in 1892.
Born in Carcassonne, southern France, he was a director of Comte et Cie., which in 1873 or 1875 had acquired Halary, the instrument-maker founded by Jean Hilaire Asté in 1804, and who had patented the ophicleide in 1821.
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Who was François Sudre?
French musician and inventor
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François Sudre was born in 1844.
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François Sudre died in 1912.
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François Sudre was an inventor.
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François Sudre was French.
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