History - From the origins until 1939 - 1842 : Adolphe Sax’s workshops, rue Neuve-Saint-Georges, Paris

1842 : Adolphe Sax’s workshops, rue Neuve-Saint-Georges, Paris

Adolphe Sax’s workshop, rue Neuve-Saint-Georges

View from inside Adolphe Sax’s workshop, rue Neuve-Saint-Georges

View from inside Adolphe Sax’s workshop, rue Neuve-Saint-Georges

The workshop in rue Neuve-Saint-Georges held up to 191 workmen in 1848 and produced some 20,000 instruments during the period from 1843 to 1860.