bass horn

bass horn  (bs)

n.

1. A large, valved, brass wind instrument with a bass pitch; a tuba or a sousaphone.

2. An instrument similar to the serpent but shaped like a bassoon, used primarily in military bands in the early 19th century.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bass horn - the lowest brass wind instrument     sousaphone, tuba bass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments brass instrument, brass - a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece euphonium - a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family bombardon, helicon - a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician