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brass instrument

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brass instrument

Musical wind instrument, usually made of brass or other metal, in which the vibration of the player's lips against a cup- or funnel-shaped mouthpiece causes the initial vibration of an air column. The trumpet, trombone, French horn, tuba, euphonium, sousaphone, cornet, flügelhorn, and bugle, as well as historical instruments such as the ophicleide, cornett, and serpent, are considered brass instruments (though the last two were made of wood); the saxophones, though made of brass, are reed instruments classified as woodwind instruments.
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No asking your way of the sun, when you are lost, with a little brass instrument and a morsel of pencil and paper.
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The murmur soon became more distinct; it now seemed like a distant concert of human voices accompanied by brass instruments.
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"And beside them," resumed Liénarde, "played many brass instruments, making great melodies.
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