[Ads-l] Antedating of "Saxophone"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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saxophone (OED 1851)

1842 _The Penny Satirist_ 8 Jan. 3 (19th Century U.K. Periodicals)  The Fanal mentions the invention of a new musical instrument by M. Sax ... The saxophone is the Niagara of sound.


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