saxophone (saksofon)

[ net cla , but with a metal invented by Adolphe Sax tube like a trumpet or horn, about 1840. It consists of a clarinet mouthpiece or beak and a conical tube more or le convoluted, with about twenty fingerholes controlled by keys or levers. Eight sizes or varieties are made, which are named from their fundamental key or their relative compa . They are especially useful in military bands as a more sonorous substitute for clarinets, but are almost unused in the orchestra. IMG:content-0192.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0193.jpg:[blocks in formation]