- Brass instrument played with a slide - instrument mouthpiece - A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought
by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts,
bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent
double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by
change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the
instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare
instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family
of wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, is
complete without the aid of keys or pistons, and which can slide from
note to note as smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softly blown,
it has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh and blatant when
the tones are forced; used with discretion, its effect is often solemn
and majestic. - The common European bittern.
- The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon. - The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. - The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute
player has a good embouchure.
- Brass musical instrument - Ice cream holder - Ice-cream cone made of grain for the little alien - Trumpet-like instrument - Wafer for holding ice cream - An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe
family. - A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished
with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the
trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston.
- Organisation's spokesperson - The part of a musical or other instrument to which the
mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a
tobacco pipe. - An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or
vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid. - One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a
spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party.