Saxhorn

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  saxhorn
       n : any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a
           bugle with valves

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "saxhorn":
     alpenhorn, alphorn, althorn, alto horn, ballad horn, baritone,
     bass horn, brass choir, brass wind, brass-wind instrument, brasses,
     bugle, bugle horn, clarion, cornet, cornet-a-pistons,
     corno di caccia, cornopean, double-bell euphonium, euphonium,
     helicon, horn, hunting horn, key trumpet, lituus, lur, mellophone,
     ophicleide, orchestral horn, pocket trumpet, post horn, sackbut,
     saxtuba, serpent, slide trombone, sliphorn, sousaphone, tenor tuba,
     tromba, trombone, trumpet, tuba, valve trombone, valve trumpet