Contrabass - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: contrabassContrabass
The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family the double bass also applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass as the contrabass ophicleide the contrabass tuba or bombardon...
Ophicleide
A large brass wind instrument formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands having a loud tone deep pitch and a compass of three octaves now generally supplanted by bass and contrabass tubas It developed from the older wooden instrument called the serpent...
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