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noun - a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
SAXOPHONES - The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed m...
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Some reeds |
Instruments used when fires, reportedly, circle pub on outskirts of Eccles |
Brassy types reported to have bagged mobiles? |
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Dec 28 2016 The Telegraph - Toughie |
Sep 13 2013 The Telegraph - Toughie |
Jul 20 2006 Newsday.com |
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Sir Ralph Vaughan Williams put these jazzy horns in his 9th symphony, with the instruction not to sound like "demented cats" |
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The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. Like the clarinet, saxophones have holes in the instrument which the player closes using a system of key mechanisms. When the player presses a key, a pad either covers a hole or lifts off a hole, lowering or raising the pitch, respectively. * The saxophone family was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1840. Adolphe Sax wanted to create a group or series of instruments that would be the most powerful and vocal of the woodwinds, and the most adaptive of the brass instruments, that would fill the vacant middle ground between the two sections. Sax patented the saxophone on June 28, 1846, in two groups of seven instruments each. Each series consisted of instruments of various sizes in alternating transposition. The series pitched in B and E, designed for military bands, have proved p |