What is an instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove called?
althorn — An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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