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Webster 1913 Edition


Basset horn

Bas′set hornˊ

(băs′sĕt hôrnˊ)
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[See
Basset
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Adj.
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(Mus.)
An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves; The corno di bassetto.