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Ophicleide

Ophicleide logo #10101) Brass instrument 2) Choral instrument 3) Instrument 4) Melodic instrument 5) Musical gadget 6) Music machine 7) Musical device 8) Musical apparatus 9) Musical gizmo 10) Musical instrument 11) Musical doodad 12) Musical implement
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Ophicleide

Ophicleide logo #23108a powerful reed stop, much like the Bombarde; pitched as a 16′ or 32′ in the pedal division or found as an 8′ or 16′ on the manuals
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Ophicleide

Ophicleide logo #21000 The ophicleide d is a keyed brass musical instrument similar to the tuba. It is a conical-bore keyed instrument belonging to the bugle family and has a similar shape to the sudrophone. == Name == The instrument`s name comes from the Greek word ophis (ὄφις)`serpent` + kleis (κλείς) `keys`, since it was conceived of as a serpent with ...
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Ophicleide

Ophicleide logo #21000[organ stop] Ophicleide (pronounced `AHF-ih-klide`) and Contra Ophicleide are powerful pipe organ reed pipes used as organ stops. The name comes from the early brass instrument, the ophicleide, forerunner of the euphonium. The Ophicleide is generally at 16′ pitch, and the Contra Ophicleide at 32′. While they can be 8′ or 16′ reeds i...
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ophicleide

ophicleide logo #22641keyed bass brass musical instrument
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Ophicleide

Ophicleide logo #21002• (n.) A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and contrabass tubas.
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ophicleide

ophicleide logo #21003brass wind musical instrument with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and padded keys, the bass version of the old keyed bugle. The name (from Greek ophis and ... [1 related articles]
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Ophicleide

Ophicleide logo #20972Oph'i·cleide noun [ French ophicléide , from Greek 'o`fis a serpent + ..., gen. ..., a key. So named because it was in effect the serpent, an old musical instrument, with keys added.] (Mus.) A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands, ha...
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Ophicleide

Ophicleide logo #21217The ophicleide was a brass wind instrument, now replaced by the brass tuba, developed about the beginning of the 19th century from an ancient wind instrument called the serpent. It had a bell bottom, conical tube, and cupped mouthpiece, and usually contained eleven keys. Alto and double- bass forms of the instrument were constructed: but it was usu...
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ophicleide

ophicleide logo #21199a musical wind instrument, a development of the old wooden serpent, consisting of a conical metal tube bent double.
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