flügelhorn

or flu·gel·horn, flue·gel·horn

[ floo-guhl-hawrn; German fly-guhl-hawrn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands.

flugelhorn

/ ˈfluːɡəlˌhɔːn /

a type of valved brass instrument consisting of a tube of conical bore with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, used esp in brass bands. It is a transposing instrument in B flat or C, and has the same range as the cornet in B flat

1850–55; < German, equivalent to Flügel wing + Horn horn

German Flügelhorn , from Flügel wing + Horn horn

For all my posing I made straight As, had a mouth full of braces, and played the coronet and the flugelhorn in the school band.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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