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Definition of: saxophone
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(sak′sə·fōn) noun
A brass wind instrument with about 20 finger keys, tonally like, but more powerful than, a clarinet. [after Antoine Joseph Sax (called Adolphe), 1814–94, Belgian instrument maker, who invented it about 1840 + -PHONE]
—sax′o·phon′ist noun
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