Pierre-Auguste Sarrus

Infobox Person
name = Pierre-Auguste Sarrus


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birth_date = 14 or March 15, 1813
birth_place = Saint-Affrique, France
death_date = death date|1876|5|3|mf=y
death_place = Paris, France
occupation = Musician, Inventor
spouse = Mélanie BellemèrePierre-Auguste Sarrus (14 or March 15, 1813 in Saint-Affrique (Aveyron, France) ; May 3 1876 in Paris) was a French musician and inventor.

* He joined the army at the age of 23.
* November 27 1843: Sarrus is affected to the 74th "Régiment d'Infanterie" as corporal-chief of the music, it is the start of his military musician career.
* August 18, 1846: wedding with Mélanie Bellemère.
* 1852: Sarrus receives the "Médaille militaire".
* 1854: Member of the "Expédition d'Orient" (Crimean War), he receives the "Médaille de Crimée".
* April 2, 1855: he is affected to the 13th "Régiment d'Infanterie".
* July 10, 1855: he is promoted officer.
* 1860-61: member of the Campaign of Syria.
* 1863: he receives the 5th class turkish Médjidié's order and the Victoria Cross.
* December 26, 1864: he is made knight of the Légion d'honneur.
* July 10 1867: Sarrus gets retired, he was then chief of music (ranking as a lieutenant) of the 13th "Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne".

Nevertheless, Pierre-Auguste Sarrus is not famous for his military career, but for having invented a music instrument to replace the oboe and bassoon in military music in 1856. Pierre-Louis Gautrot built this instrument and patented it under the name sarrusophone.

External links

* [http://idrs.colorado.edu/Publications/DR/DR10.3/DR10.3.Conrey.html The Sarrusophone, article from the Dr. George A. Conrey in "The Double Reed", Vol. 10, No. 3]