sarrusophone

[ suh-roo-zuh-fohn, -ruhs-uh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.

sarrusophone

/ səˈruːzəˌfəʊn /

1870–75; named after Sarrus (19th-century French bandmaster); -o-, -phone

C19: named after Sarrus, French bandmaster, who invented it (1856)

Mr. Mimram Stoot, who accompanied himself on the sarrusophone, endorsed the iconoclastic views of his sister.

The tone of the sarrusophone is something like that of the bassoon.

The sarrusophone may fairly be regarded as an oboe or bassoon; but the saxophone is not so closely related to the clarinet.

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