ˈsaxotromba
[Formed as saxophone n. + It. tromba trumpet.]
(See quot. 1883.)
| 1856 [see sax-horn]. 1883 Grove's Dict. Mus. III. 232/1 In 1845 he [A. Sax] took out a patent..for a family of cylinder instruments called Saxo-trombas, intermediate between the Saxhorn and the cylinder trumpet. |