"Labrax lupus (Bass), an Acanthopteryglan with anterior spinous and posterior soft dorsal fins." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Bass

"Labrax lupus (Bass), an Acanthopteryglan with anterior spinous and posterior soft dorsal fins." —…

"Is one to three feet long, and has been celebrated from the time of Aristotle for its richness and flavor. It abounds in the Mediterranean, and also on the British coasts, where it is taken with trawl-nets, and also by angling at flood-tide with a long rod and strong line." — Goodrich, 1859

European Bass

"Is one to three feet long, and has been celebrated from the time of Aristotle for its richness and…

A stringed instrument used for playing the bass; the violencello.

Bass-violin

A stringed instrument used for playing the bass; the violencello.

A large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet

Bass Clarinet

A large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet

A musical wind instrument consisting of a mouthpiece containing a single beating reed, a cylindrical tube with 18 holes and a bell or flaring mouth.

Clarinet

A musical wind instrument consisting of a mouthpiece containing a single beating reed, a cylindrical…

A bass drum struck with a padded stick. It is more sonorous the larger it is.

Bass drum

A bass drum struck with a padded stick. It is more sonorous the larger it is.

A name of several brass wind instruments, with a wide mouthpiece and three, four, or five pistons, much employed in military bands.

Bass Sax-horn

A name of several brass wind instruments, with a wide mouthpiece and three, four, or five pistons, much…

The serpent is a bass wind instrument, curved to somewhat resemble a wriggling serpent.

Serpent

The serpent is a bass wind instrument, curved to somewhat resemble a wriggling serpent.

A brass instrument of the sax-horn family.

Bass Tuba

A brass instrument of the sax-horn family.