saxatile

[Lat. saxatilis, from saxum =a rock.] Pertaining to rocks; living among rocks. săxe-gō-the-a, s. [Named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861), consort of Queen Victoria.] Bot.: A genus of ('upre eæ. Evergreen trees like the yew. Saxegothæu conspicua , from Patagonia. sax-horn, sax-cor-nět, s . [Named after the inventor, Charles Joseph Sax (1791-1865), a celebrated Belgian musical-instru ment maker, whose work in the improvement of bra instruments was carried on by his son, Antoine Joseph (born 1814).] Music : The name given to a group of six or more bra instruments with valves, invented by Sax. In 1845 he patented the saxhorn, a new kind of bugle, and the saxo-tromba (a family of cylinder instruments intermediate between the saxhorn and the cylinder trumpet) They have a wide mouthpiece and three, four, or five cylinders, so that each horn is capable of playing all the notes of its scale without difficulty. The chief are the soprano in F, E flat, or D, the contralto in cand B flat, the tenor (Althorn) in F and E flat, the Baritone, or Euphonium in Cand B flat, the ba (Bombardon, Contra Bombardon) in Fand E flat, and the contra-ba o circular ba in B flat. Called also Saxotrombas and Saxtubas. Saxhorn.