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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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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
  3. A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.
  4. A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instrumentswith valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Sax (known as Adolphe Sax),of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and inorchestras.
  5. n. any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves