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saxophone

sax.o.phone \'sak-s*-.fo-n\ \.sak-s*-'fo-n-ik, -'fa:n-\ \'sak-s*-.fo--n*st\ 
   n [F, fr. Antoine J. (known as Adolphe) Sax -1894 Belgian maker of musica]l 
   instruments + F -phone : a wind instrument with reed mouthpiece, curved 
   conical metal tube, and f inger keys - sax.o.phon.ic aj