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brass wind instrument

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brass wind instrument: see wind instrument wind instrument, in music, any instrument whose tone is produced by a vibrating column of air. In the pipe organ the column of air is set into vibration by mechanical means.
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Another pictured the smiling councilor clutching a brass wind instrument under the inscription: "Joe Petty Will Never Toot His Own Horn.
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saxophone a brass wind instrument popular with jazz musicians, invented by Belgian Adolphe Sax, (1814-98), who was also responsible for the saxhorn and saxtuba.
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