[Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Stephen,

I got this citation through a personal subscription to Newspapers.com.  I believe the personal subscription covers sources not available through the institutional access.

Fred Shapiro

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Subject: Re: Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)

As a former trumpet player, this caught my eye. I failed to find it on
newspapers.com via Duke. Is this another case of different versions of a
search engine?
Ax from sax, then trumpet, before the electric guitar dominance era is
possible, I suppose, though I also wonder about the context--"usually"?

sg

On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM Shapiro, Fred <
00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> ax (OED, n1, 5., 1955)
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> 1952 Greensboro (N.C.) Record 24 May 1 / 4 (Newspapers.com0
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> Ax — A musical instrument; usually a trumpet.
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> Fred Shapiro
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