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brass instrument

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noun
  1. a musical wind instrument of brass or other metal with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, as the trombone, tuba, French horn, trumpet, or cornet.
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Origin of brass instrument

First recorded in 1850–55
Also called brass wind.
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