alto horn

British  

noun

1. another term for althorn

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Example Sentences

It was as different as day and dark from his former tone, with a sad, timbrous quality like an alto horn, sinking into their hearts and speaking there again when it had ceased in fading and cumulate echoes.

From Literature

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