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Although it has a few higher notes, the practical range of this instrument must be limited. Its tone is rude and coarse; it has little suppleness, and it lacks in precision of tune.

Ophicleide

Although it has a few higher notes, the practical range of this instrument must be limited. Its tone…

"The Ophicleide is a wind instrument of metal, invented to supersede the serpent in the orchestra and in military bands."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Ophicleide

"The Ophicleide is a wind instrument of metal, invented to supersede the serpent in the orchestra and…