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Althorn

Althorn \Alt"horn`\, n. [Alt + horn.] (Mus.) An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn.
--Grove.

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althorn

n. (context musical instruments English) An alto or tenor saxhorn

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Claude Althorn might claim that he had found the lost shaft of the Aureole, but in the opinion of Harry Vincent the real credit belonged to The Shadow!

When Jackie had gone, Selwood explained that Althorn mailed a fresh box nearly every day, as pecans were about the only type of present that he could buy in the remote region of Georgia, where the Aureole Mine was located.

CHAPTER XIX RAIDERS BY NIGHT BRENDA SELWOOD was watching from a snug nest - the rocky opening of the Aureole mine shaft - with Jackie Althorn crouched beside her.

Groans indicated that there might be victims, but when Harry supplied a flashlight and turned it toward the faces near him he found that the only groaner was Althorn.

As Althorn joggled the sieves, powdery earth trickled through, portions stopping at intervals along the line.