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Webster 1913 Edition


Saxhorn

Sax′hornˊ

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Noun.
(Mus.)
A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe
Sax
(known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.

Definition 2024


saxhorn

saxhorn

English

Noun

saxhorn (plural saxhorns)

  1. (music) Any of a group of similar brass instruments, resembling a bugle in shape, but with valves

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