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alt⋅horn

  [alt-hawrn]
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–noun
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
Also called alto horn, mellophone.

Origin:
1855–60; alt + horn
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alt·horn or Alt·horn   (ālt'hôrn')   
n.  Any of several upright, valved brass wind instruments used especially in bands.

[German : alt, alto (from Italian alto; see alto) + Horn, horn; see alpenhorn.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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brass wind instrument derived from the cornet and the valved bugle, or flugelhorn. A saxhorn of tenor range and a tenor bugle are also sometimes called tenor horns.

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