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flugelhorn

flugelhorn \flugelhorn\, flugelhorn \fl["u]gelhorn\[from German fl["u]gelhorn.] n. a brass wind instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore, and having three valves.

Syn: fluegelhorn.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
flugelhorn

1854, from German flügelhorn, from flügel "wing" (related to fliegen "to fly;" see fly (v.1)) + horn "horn" (see horn (n.)).

Wiktionary
flugelhorn

n. A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.

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flugelhorn

n. a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore [syn: fluegelhorn]

Wikipedia
Flugelhorn

The flugelhorn (—also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or Flügelhorn—from German, wing horn, ) is a brass instrument pitched in B, and resembles a trumpet, but has a wider, conical bore. Some sources falsely consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax (who also developed the saxophone). Other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle (father) in Munich in 1832 (Royal Bavarian patent for a "chromatic Flügelhorn" 1832), which predates Adolphe Sax's work.

Usage examples of "flugelhorn".

It was Toku, a young vocalist and flugelhorn player who had already developed a reputation for a soulful sound that belied his twenty-nine years.

Then the trumpets and flugelhorns in the bandshell began to play sprightly melodies and everyone settled down to watch the show.