Category:Saxhorns

**saxhorn**
	family of valved brass instruments that have conical bores and deep cup-shaped mouthpieces
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Instance of	type of musical instrument;
Subclass of	valve horns with wider bore;
Discoverer or inventor	Adolphe Sax;
Based on	bugle;
Time of discovery or invention	1845;
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The saxhorns form a family of seven brass instruments (although at one point ten different sizes seem to have existed). Designed for band use, they are pitched alternately in Eb and Bb, like the saxophone group.

Modern saxhorns still manufactured and in use:

Bb soprano saxhorn: flugelhorn^[1]
Eb alto/tenor saxhorn: alto/tenor horn
Bb baritone saxhorn: baritone horn
The Bb bass, Eb bass, and Bb contrabass saxhorns are basically the same as the modern euphonium, Eb bass tuba, and BBb contrabass tuba, respectively.

Historically, much confusion exists as to the nomenclature of the various instruments in different languages.

The following table lists the members of the saxhorn family as described in the orchestration texts of Hector Berlioz and Cecil Forsyth, the J. Howard Foote catalog of 1893, and modern names. The modern instrument names continue to exhibit inconsistency, denoted by a "/" between the two names in use. In the table "Pitch" means the concert pitch of notational Middle C on each instrument (2nd partial, no valves depressed) in scientific pitch notation.

Foote	Berlioz	Forsyth	Modern		Pitch
---	Sopranino in C/Bb	---			C5/Bb4
	Soprano in Eb	Sopranino in Eb	Sopranino/Soprano in Eb	---	Eb4
	Alto in Bb	Soprano in Bb	Soprano/Alto in Bb	flugelhorn	Bb3
Alto in Eb	Tenor in Eb	Alto in Eb	Alto/Tenor in Eb	alto/tenor horn	Eb3
Tenor in Bb	Baritone in Bb	Tenor in Bb	Tenor/Baritone in Bb	baritone horn	Bb2
Baritone in Bb	Bass in Bb	Bass in Bb	Baritone/Bass in Bb	euphonium	Bb2
Bass in Eb	Contrabass in Eb	Bass in Eb	Bass in Eb	Eb bass tuba	Eb2
---	Contrabass in Bb	Contrabass in Bb	Contrabass in Bb	BBb contrabass tuba	Bb1
Contrabass in Eb	Contrabass in low Eb	---			Eb1
---	Bourdon in Bb	---			Bb0

This list is not exhaustive of historic nomenclature for the saxhorns, for which there may exist no comprehensive and authoritative source.

↑ Greg's Brass History Page – Flugelhorn History. Alsmiddlebrasspages.com. Retrieved on 2018-03-13.

Subcategories

This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.

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Crooks (horn parts)‎ (6 F)
Saxhorn players‎ (1 C, 3 F)

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6-piston saxhorns‎ (1 F)

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Alto horns‎ (4 C, 40 F)

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Baritone horns‎ (5 C, 33 F)
Baryton saxhorns‎ (1 C, 2 F)
Bass saxhorns‎ (2 C, 7 F)
Saxhorn Bourdon‎ (2 F)

C

Contrabass bugles‎ (5 F)
Cornets‎ (7 C, 126 F)

F

Flicorno‎ (3 C, 2 F)
Flugelhorns‎ (7 C, 50 F)

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Soprano saxhorns‎ (3 C, 2 F)

T

Tenorhorns‎ (1 C, 33 F)

Media in category "Saxhorns"

The following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total.

Band of the 10th Veteran Reserve Corps. Washington, D.C. April, 1865..jpg 776 × 696; 221 KB
Band of the 10th Veteran Reserve Corps. Washington, D.C. April, 1865.jpg 776 × 544; 233 KB
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Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin - Tenor-Saxhorn - 1108654.jpg 1,988 × 2,500; 1.09 MB
PSM V40 D824 Tenor and bass sax horns.jpg 1,765 × 1,692; 306 KB
Sax Tuba, Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels.jpg 599 × 800; 103 KB
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[1] Greg's Brass History Page – Flugelhorn History. Alsmiddlebrasspages.com. Retrieved on 2018-03-13.

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