Career
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.
April 2, 1855: he is affected to the 13th Régiment d"Infanterie. July 10, 1855: he is promoted officer
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.