transposing instrument
noun
1
: a musical instrument that sounds pitches different from those indicated by the notation
2
: an instrument with a shifting keyboard for mechanically causing the music to sound in a different key
Word History
Etymology
transposing (present participle of transpose entry 1) + instrument
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