basset horn

/ˌbæsət hɔrn/
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Other forms: basset horns

Definitions of basset horn
  1. noun
    a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet
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    type of:
    clarinet
    a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
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