In this episode Suzie checks out the turbulent history of the saxaphone and Trevor sees what exactly Mary Anning sold.
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REFERENCES
Aldophe Sax and the Saxaphone
Adolphe Sax and Cie 2019, ‘Antoine-Joseph Sax - Inventor of the Saxophone’ https://www.adolphesax.be/en/adolphe-sax/
Encyclopaedia Brittanica 2020, ‘Adolphe Sax’ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Joseph-Sax
Kelsey-Sugg A 2020, ‘It was banned by the Nazis, Stalin and the Vatican. This is the surprising history of the saxophone’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-25/saxophone-history-of-musical-instrument