Basset horn

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:03:45

Bas"set horn` (horn`). [See Basset, a.] (Mus.)

An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.

 

© Webster 1913

Bas"set horn`. (Mus.)

The corno di bassetto.

 

© Webster 1913

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