saxhorn in English
noun
1
a member of a family of brass instruments with valves and a funnel-shaped mouthpiece, used mainly in military and brass bands.
Adolphe Sax knew of this instrument when developing the E bass of his saxhorn family of 1845, from which the British tuba ultimately derives.
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1. Althorn definition is - an alto saxhorn
2. (music) An alto or tenor saxhorn··Althorn Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
3. Althorn may be defined as “A valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape”, “The Althorn is a musical instrument of the saxhorn family” and “An instrument of …
4. • The Bombardon is now a large musical instrument of the saxhorn family • A large, deep-toned, valved, brass wind instrument resembling a tuba More crossword answers