The saxhorn is a family of valved brass instruments that have conical bores and deep cup-shaped mouthpieces. The saxhorn family was developed by Adolphe Sax, who is also known for creating the saxophone family. The sound of the saxhorn has a characteristic mellow tone quality and blends well with other brass.

saxhorn, any of a family of brass wind instruments patented by the Belgian instrument-maker Antoine-Joseph Sax, known as Adolphe Sax, in Paris in 1845.

Despite a list of names that includes the alto horn, tenor horn, and baritone, there are actually only two types of instruments in the saxhorn family. Some countries, however, use three or more categories for these two types of instruments.

Dana Schoppert of the Federal City Brass Band introduces and demonstrates the Civil War era brass band instrument the baritone saxhorn at the NEH Banner Mome...

Saxhorn. A family of valved brass instruments developed by Adolphe Sax at his workshops in Paris in the 1840s and 50s. The name ‘saxhorn’ became a generic description for the instruments of this family.

2020年6月10日 · Of course, the saxophone was not an only child, since it was accompanied by three other siblings: the saxhorn, the saxtuba and the saxotromba, which differed in the thickness of the piston valves and were patented between 1845 and 1852. Saxotrombas / Image: chibicode on Wikimedia Commons

The saxhorn is a family of valved brass instruments that have conical bores and deep cup-shaped mouthpieces. The saxhorn family was developed by Adolphe Sax, who is also known for creating the saxophone family. The sound of the saxhorn has a characteristic mellow tone quality and blends well with other brass.

The saxhorn is a family of valved brass instruments with conical bores and deep cup-shaped mouthpieces, created by Adolphe Sax. The saxhorn's characteristic mellow tone quality blends well with other brass instruments.

SAXHORN, the generic name of a family of brass wind instruments (not horns but valve-bugles) with cup-shaped mouthpieces, invented by Adolphe Sax and in use chiefly in French and Belgian military bands and in small wind-bands. The saxhorns came into being in 1843, when Sax applied a modification of the valve system invented in Germany in 1815 ...

The saxhorn is a brass instrument with a characteristic tapered bore and deep cup-shaped mouthpiece. The sound blends elements of other brass families, such as trumpets and horns. The modern flugelhorn, tenor horn (alto horn in the US), euphonium, and tuba are current developments of this family, although some argue that theseform part of a ...