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Saxhorn
Saxhorn Sax"horn`, n. (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.

Meaning of Saxhorns from wikipedia

- group. Modern saxhorns still manufactured and in use: B♭ soprano saxhorn: flugelhorn E♭ alto/tenor saxhorn: alto/tenor horn B♭ baritone saxhorn: baritone...
- narrower bore than the saxhorns, in 1845, though they survived only briefly. The use of saxhorns spread rapidly. The saxhorn valves were accepted as...
- saxotrombas was equal to the number of saxhorns, which he set at nine. Sax's patent application for the saxhorns (1845), however, only included five instruments...
- credited.[by whom?] While Sax's family of saxhorns were invented at about the same time and the b**** saxhorn is very similar to a euphonium, there are...
- Germany; occasionally referred to as E♭ horn) is a br**** instrument in the saxhorn family and is usually pitched in E♭. It has a bore that is mostly conical...
- of the saxophone) with the inspiration for his B♭ soprano (contralto) saxhorns, on which the modern-day flugelhorn is modelled. The German word Flügel...
- soprano to b****, and developed a series of br**** instruments known as saxhorns. The instruments developed by Sax were generally pitched in E♭ and B♭,...
- The 9K115 Metis (NATO reporting name AT-7 Saxhorn) is a man-portable, tube launched, SACLOS wire-guided anti-tank guided missile of the Soviet Union....
- Ophicleide Natural horn Bugle Post horn French horn Vienna horn Wagner tuba Saxhorns, including: Alto horn (UK: tenor horn), pitched in E♭ Baritone horn, pitched...
- The 9K115-2 Metis-M (NATO reporting name AT-13 Saxhorn-2) is a Russian portable anti-tank guided missile system. "9K115-2" is the GRAU designation of...