busine

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A form of buisine — A medieval wind instrument with a very long, straight and slender body, usually made of metal.

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Meanings

nounbusine (plural busines)

plural busines

  1. alternativeAlternative form of buisine.

    The transformation of the busine (buccina) into the sackbut involved two or three processes […]

    1911, The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, page 974
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    In a busine of 1460, made in the workshop of the Nuremberg trumpet and trombone-maker Haas, it may be observed how easily an efficient slide could be formed on its cylindrical tube, […]

    1982, George B. Lane, The Trombone in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

    Did you know that Roger Voisin made a recording using tenor cornetto as well as a busine? That Edward Tarr recorded on a trumpet mouthpiece, Friedemann Immer recorded a Bach cantata on the natural horn, […]?

    1991, Historic Brass Society Newsletter
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