Alexandre Debain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexandre Debain

French harmonium inventor

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1809

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 03-Dec-1877

Profession: piano maker, musical instrument maker

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alexandre-François Debain (6 July 1809 – 3 December 1877) 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.