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ophicleide|ˈɒfɪklaɪd|
Also -cleid.
[a. F. ophicléide (Moniteur Universel 19 Ap. 1811) f. Gr. ὄϕις serpent + κλείς, κλειδ- key.]
A musical wind-instrument of powerful tone, a development of the ancient ‘serpent’, consisting of a conical brass tube bent double, with keys, usually eleven in number, forming the bass or alto to the key-bugle; also, a performer on this instrument.
1834Times 21 June 6/1 (Westminster Abbey Festival) Ophicleides.—Messrs. Hubbard & Ponder. 1835Court Mag. VI. 23/2 One of the Ophicleides was incompetent to the task he had undertaken. 1849A. J. Symington Harebell Chimes 119 The ophicleid rich and deep With soft cornopion. 1879Grove Dict. Mus. I. 497 From the gradual disuse of the Serpent and Ophicleide, the Euphonium is becoming the chief representative of the eight-foot octave among the brass instruments.
b. Name for a powerful reed-stop on the organ, now usually called tuba.
1842in Brande Dict. Sci. etc. 857/1. 1843 Mech. Mag. XXXIX. 208 The Ophicleide is the name given by Mr. Hill..to a new stop of his invention. 1880Grove Dict. Mus. II. 601, 1840. [Organ at] Town Hall, Birmingham... This was the first organ that had the ‘Great Ophicleide’, or ‘Tuba’, on a heavy wind.
Hence ophiˈcleidean a., pertaining to or resembling an ophicleide; ˈophiˌcleidist, a performer on the ophicleide.
1881Century Mag. XXIII. 489/1 The mighty ophicleidean roll of the..organ. |