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OBOE |
Double-reed instrument |
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BASS |
Instrument, double ... |
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RACKETT |
An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having
ventages but not keys. |
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WORM |
A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew,
used for drawing balls from firearms. |
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VIOLONE |
The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having
strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the
contrabasso; -- called also double bass. |
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CONTRABASS |
Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same
deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide;
the contrabass tuba or bombardon. |
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CLARINET |
A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and
fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading
instrument in a military band. |
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BASSOON |
A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with
holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It
forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc. |
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DIAPASON |
One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they
extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds,
as open diapas... |
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TROMBONE |
A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought
by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts,
bent twice upo... |