During this stage, young Adolphe Sax began to excel on the musical scene of the time, capturing the attention of influential figures such as Maestro Gabriel Fauré, Valentin Bender, and Adrien-François Servais, among others. However, his early notoriety also stirred jealousy among several musicians and musical instrument manufacturers of this period. An incident that exemplifies the rivalry that Sax had to contend with in his youth was his confrontation with the clarinetist Monsieur Bachmann, which is narrated in this episode.