Alexandre Debain

Deceased Person

1809 – 1877

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Who was Alexandre Debain?

Alexandre-François Debain was a French inventor who developed the harmonium. He made a new action system, in which, when depressing a note on the keyboard, a valve opened thereby emitting sound from the instrument. He patented it in Paris in 1842.

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Born
Jul 6, 1809
Also known as
  • Дебен, Александр Франсуа
Died
1877

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on July 23, 2013

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