bass horn

bass horn

B0096400 (bās)n.1. A large, valved, brass instrument with a bass pitch; a tuba or a sousaphone.2. An instrument similar to the serpent but shaped like a bassoon, used primarily in military bands in the early 19th century.

bass′ horn′

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n. an obsolete wind instrument related to the tuba but resembling a bassoon in shape. [1855–60]

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bass horn - the lowest brass wind instrument sousaphone, tubabass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instrumentsbrass instrument, brass - a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpieceeuphonium - a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba familybombardon, helicon - a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician