Saxhorn
a brass wind instrument, such a manner that the large portion, after passing under the arm of the perconting former , repasses over his shoulder, presenting the bell to the front. The advantage of this shape is that it avoids the elbows, which would otherwise impair the progress of the sound. Saxhorns have great powers, more especially the contra bassos in E and B flat; the latter of which has 48 feet of development in its tube.