sagbut


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sagbut

(ˈsæɡˌbʌt)
n
(Instruments) another name for sackbut
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with the Organs a childes voice shriller and louder then the instrument, tuneable with every pipe: Among the quyre, Cornet or Sagbut, or such like above al the other voices.
Particular contrasts were a delight when sonorous sagbuts firmly anchored virtuoso intricacies from cornetts.