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- noun Plural form of
saxhorn .
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Examples
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Adolphe Sax in Paris invented a new line of instruments known as saxhorns used by bands.
Songs of the Civil War 1860-65 Schoenherr, Steven 2006
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The average strength of the various classes of instrument in the band of a British line regiment has been stated as -- twenty flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, eight saxhorns, six trumpets and cornets, three trombones, two drums.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The sound tube of all bugles, saxhorns, and tubas is conical, with a much wider curve than the horn.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various
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The euphonium and bombardon, the basses of the important family of saxhorns, now completely cover the ground of bass wind instrument music.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various
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The application of valves produced the family of saxhorns.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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The soprano cornets, bugles, or flugelhorns and saxhorns are in E flat; the corresponding alto instruments in B flat, which is also the pitch of the ordinary cornet.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various
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The bugle with its double development by means of keys into Royal Kent bugle and ophicleide, and by means of valves into saxhorns and tubas, formed the nucleus of brass bands of all countries during the greater part of the 19th century.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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"Grandma!" softly cried Flora, as if sharing the general elation, but had begun again to tell of Greenleaf, when from far over in Camp Street her subtle ear caught a faint stray sigh of saxhorns.
Kincaid's Battery George Washington Cable 1884
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He had to help me out with all kinds of substitutes in the shape of saxophones and saxhorns; moreover, he was officially appointed to conduct the music behind the scenes.
My Life — Volume 2 Richard Wagner 1848
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[Footnote 26: In making plans for the organization of a group of wind instrument players into a band, it should be noted by the conductor that here the entire harmony must be supplied by the individual instruments (no piano being used) thus making it necessary to have alto, tenor, and baritone saxhorns in addition to cornets, clarinets, flutes, and trombones.
Essentials in Conducting Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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