saxhorn

American

[saks-hawrn] / ˈsæksˌhɔrn /

noun

any of a family of brass instruments close to the cornets and tubas.

saxhorn British

/ ˈsæksˌhɔːn /

noun

a valved brass instrument used chiefly in brass and military bands, having a tube of conical bore and a brilliant tone colour. It resembles the tuba and constitutes a family of instruments related to the flugelhorn and cornet

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Etymology

Origin of saxhorn

1835–45; named after A. Sax (1814–94), a Belgian who invented such instruments

Example Sentences

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The Saxhorn, moreover, did not possess the timbre of the horn.

From The Bed-Book of Happiness by Begbie, Harold

Saxhorn, saks′horn, n. a brass wind-instrument having a long winding tube with bell opening, invented by Antoine or Adolphe Sax, of Paris, about 1840.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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