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brass instrument

A wind instrument, such as the French horn or the trombone, made of brass or other metal. Sound is produced through vibration of the lips and adjustment of the length of the sound tube by means of valves or a slide.

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brass′ in`strument

a musical wind instrument of brass or other metal with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, as the trombone.

[1850–55]

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brass instrument - 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 mouthpiece

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baritone horn, baritone - the second lowest brass wind instrument

bass horn, sousaphone, tuba - the lowest brass wind instrument

bugle - a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares

clarion - a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone

cornet, trumpet, trump, horn - a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

fluegelhorn, flugelhorn - a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore

French horn, horn - a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

saxhorn - any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves

trombone - a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide

valve - device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone

wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

Translations

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Blechblasinstrument

vaskisoitin

málmblásturshljóðfæri

trobilo

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No asking your way of the sun, when you are lost, with a little brass instrument and a morsel of pencil and paper.

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"And beside them," resumed Liénarde, "played many brass instruments, making great melodies."

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