saxhorns 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. The name Bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns
2. The name Bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide.
3. The euphonium and Bombardon, the basses of the important family of saxhorns, now completely cover the ground of bass wind instrument music.