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The saxhorn is a valved brass instrument with a conical bore and deep cup-shaped mouthpiece. The sound has a characteristic mellow quality, and blends well with other brass. ==The saxhorn family== 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 E-flat and B-flat, like the saxophone group. Historically much confusion exists as to the nomenclature of the various instruments in different languages. During the 19th century, the debate as to whether the saxhorn family was truly new, or rather a development of members of the previously existing cornet and tuba families, or copied directly from the flügelhorn was the subject of bitter and prolonged lawsuits. 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. All of the "modern" instrument names represent exceedingly rare instruments with the exception of the E Tenor/Alto (unless one counts, controversially, the baritone horn as the B Tenor/Baritone member of the family). In the table "Pitch" means the concert pitch of notational Middle C on each instrument (2nd partial, no valves depressed) in scientific pitch notation. This list is not exhaustive of historic nomenclature for the saxhorns, for which there may exist no comprehensive and authoritative source. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「saxhorn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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