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Basset horn

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An alto instrument of the clarinet family, pitched in F below middle C, with a range reaching down to F below that.
  2. 2
    a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet wordnet

Etymology

From German Bassetthorn, translation of French cor de bassette, from Italian corno di bassetto.

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