François Sudre (1844â1912) 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.
François Sudre (1844â1912) 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.