alto horn
Britishnoun
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Mr. Garchik multitracked all the parts: many trombones, a sousaphone, a baritone horn, a slide trumpet, an alto horn.
From New York Times
C., and forms the standard, being known as the alto horn in C, which is the highest key in which the horn is pitched.
From Project Gutenberg
The harmonic series of the horn, or the open notes obtainable without using valves or crooks, is written as for the alto horn in C of 8 ft. tone, which forms the standard of notation.
From Project Gutenberg
C; the highest note in the treble part is , the 12th harmonic of the 8-ft. alto horn in C, now obsolete.
From Project Gutenberg
Mallinger, meanwhile, applied a tenor saxophonist's lung power to the alto horn, offering some of his most robust playing of the set.
From Chicago Tribune
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