althorn

[alt-hawrn]

noun

a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.

Origin of althorn

First recorded in 1855–60; alt + horn

Also called alto horn, mellophone.

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Historical Examples of althorn

Althorn, one of the instruments of the sax-horn family, the tenor sax-horn.
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British Dictionary definitions for althorn

althorn

noun

a valved brass musical instrument belonging to the saxhorn or flügelhorn families

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