(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:52:39

Sax"horn` (?), n. Mus.

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

 

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