the taper was slower than that of the saxhorns and cornets.

The name of the instrument combines Sax's surname with the Italian word for "trumpet" (tromba). In Germany the instrument is known by the name Saxtromba; in France the term saxotromba is generally applied to another close relative, the Wagner tuba.

History

The saxotromba was invented by Adolphe Sax at his workshop on the Rue Saint-Georges in Paris in

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