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A hornbook (horn-book) is a single-sided alphabet tablet, which served from medieval times as a primer for study, [1] and sometimes included vowel combinations, numerals or short verse. [2] The hornbook was in common use in England around 1450, [ 3 ] but may have originated more than a century earlier. [ 4 ]
Columbia Grafonola. The Columbia Grafonola is a brand of early 20th century American phonograph made by the Columbia Graphophone Company. Introduced in 1907, Grafonolas are internal horn alternatives to the same company's external horn Disc Graphophones. [ 1][ 2] Until late 1925, all record players reproduced sound by purely mechanical means ...
B♭ alto — up a perfect fourth. A — up a major third. G — up a major second. E — down a minor second. E♭ — down a major second (used for horn on pitches with multiple sharps until Richard Strauss) D — down a minor third. C — down a perfect fourth. B♭ basso — down a perfect fifth. Some less common transpositions include:
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The German horn is the most common type of orchestral horn, [ 22] and is ordinarily known simply as the "horn". The double horn in F/B♭ is the version most used by professional bands and orchestras. A musician who plays the German horn is called a horn player (or, less frequently, a hornist).
The list of horn makers spans all time, and not all still exist. Andreas Jungwirth [1] Atkinson Brass and Company [2] Briz Horn Company. Buescher Band Instrument Company. C.G. Conn. Christopher Cornford [3] Daniel Rauch. Dieter Otto [4]
Bark, sound of a dog. Bleat, sound of a sheep. Buzz, sound of bees or insects flying. Chirp, bird call. Chirp, sound made by rubbing together feet or other body parts, e.g. by a cricket or a cicada. Gobble, a turkey call. Growl, low, guttural vocalization produced by predatory animals. Hiss, sound made by a snake.
The Martinshorn (also known as the Martin's trumpet and Schalmei) is a German free reed aerophone created in 1880 by Max Bernhardt Martin, who was also the main manufacturer of the instruments. [ 1] The Martinshorn contains several reeds, each of which having its own horn. [ 2] The instrument was created in imitation of the saxhorn. [ 3]