Definitions

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  • noun music A variation on the saxophone, with a slightly curved neck and tipped bell.

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Examples

  • Ware simply turned up with a tenor sax plus two horns he hadn't played for years - the stritch and the saxello.

    BBC Music - Latest Releases 2010

  • Ware simply turned up with a tenor sax plus two horns he hadn't played for years - the stritch and the saxello.

    Latest Reviews 2010

  • Carefully feeling his way through the scraps, he came upon what he’d been looking for: the stritch (a neologism created by Kirk for the relatively rare Buescher alto sax) and the manzello (another term invented by Kirk), a saxello (B-flat soprano sax) which he then modified by enlarging the bell and changing the mouthpiece so he could fit all three in his mouth.

    Rahsaan as Orpheus 2007

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