单词 | handhorn |
释义 | > as lemmashandhorn handhorn n. Music a valveless or natural horn, played by inserting a hand into the bell to modify the tone or pitch. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > horn > [noun] > other horns earth horn?a1400 oliphantc1400 ruetc1400 buck-hornc1550 stock-horn1597 bell-horna1640 sea-cornet1653 dudeen?1790 carnyx1810 shofar1833 wonder-horn1864 handhorn1871 post-horn1881 1871 Jrnl. London Inst. Feb. 28 The French horn, the next in position on the musical scale, was next adverted to.., and its varieties of ‘hand horn’ and ‘valve horn’ compared. 1961 A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xii. 300 The deficiencies of the hand horn were to be made good in Germany about 1815 by the invention of the valve. 2006 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 59 10/2 The handhorn was taught in the Conservatoire into the twentieth century. < as lemmas |
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