saxhorn

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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.

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Contemporary works featuring this instrument are Désiré Dondeyne 's "Tubissimo" for bass tuba or saxhorn and piano (1983) and Olivier Messiaen 's " Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum " (1964). Source: Internet

Cornet resembling a French horn Fanfare orkest Fanfare orkesten (" fanfare orchestras "), found in only the Netherlands, Belgium, Northern France and Lithuania, use the complete saxhorn family of instruments. Source: Internet

Ranges of individual members The saxhorn is based on the same three-valve system as most other valved brass instruments. Source: Internet

Modern piston valves were developed by François Périnet for the saxhorn family of instruments promoted by Adolphe Sax around the same time. Source: Internet

The earliest surviving solo composition written specifically for euphonium or one of its saxhorn cousins is the Concerto per Flicorno Basso (1872) by Amilcare Ponchielli. Source: Internet

The saxhorn family The saxhorns form a family of seven brass instruments (although at one point ten different sizes seem to have existed). Source: Internet

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