| 释义 |
ˈoctobass
[a. F. octobasse (Littré Suppl., octabasse), f. L. octo eight + basse bass.]
A very large instrument of the viol family, invented by J. B. Vuillaume about 1849; it had three strings, which were stopped by keys worked by the fingers and feet.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., Octo-bass, an instrument of the viol family, the low octave of the violoncello. 1889Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 341 He [J. B. Vuillaume] sent his ‘Octobasse’..to the Paris Exhibition of 1849... At the London Exhibition of 1851 he had..his perfected ‘Octobasse’, for which he was awarded the Grand Council medal. |