sarrusophone
[ suh-roo-zuh-fohn, -ruhs-uh- ]
/ səˈru zəˌfoʊn, -ˈrʌs ə- /
noun
a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
Origin of sarrusophone
OTHER WORDS FROM sarrusophone
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Example sentences from the Web for sarrusophone
The tone of the sarrusophone is something like that of the bassoon.
Music Notation and Terminology |Karl W. GehrkensMr. Mimram Stoot, who accompanied himself on the sarrusophone, endorsed the iconoclastic views of his sister.
The sarrusophone may fairly be regarded as an oboe or bassoon; but the saxophone is not so closely related to the clarinet.
British Dictionary definitions for sarrusophone
sarrusophone
/ (səˈruːzəˌfəʊn) /
noun
a wind instrument resembling the oboe but made of brass
Word Origin for sarrusophone
C19: named after
Sarrus, French bandmaster, who invented it (1856)