Charles-Joseph Sax
Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Charles-Joseph Sax (1 February 1790 – 26 April 1865) was a Belgian musical instrument maker. His son was Adolphe Sax, who invented the saxophone, the saxhorn and the saxotromba.<ref name="britannica">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sax was the son of Françoise Élisabeth (Maréchal) and Antoine Joseph Sax.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was a maker of wind and brass instruments, as well as of pianos, harps, and guitars. Sax was a great instrument maker, and made sure his son had a good education and a leg to stand on for his future. He was a careful, strict, and kind father to his son, Adolphe Sax, and played a big part in his son's successful career.
Instruments built by Charles-Joseph are held in some museum collections.<ref name="metmuseum">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="usd">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="mfa">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>