post horn in English
noun
1
a valveless horn used originally to signal the arrival or departure of a mounted courier or mail coach.
In the band too are Christian, on tuba and piano; Kevin, cornet and post horn , and his son, Will, the youngest player, on drums.
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1. As the coach thundered into Glasgow, the post-horn would be sounded and a blunderbuss fired into the air.
2. Cornet, valved brass musical instrument that evolved in the 1820s from the continental post horn (Cornet-de-poste, which is circular in shape like a small French horn)
3. Initially created as a post horn, the Cornet had found a home in the world of jazz and Dixieland, being used throughout the years by legendary musicians such as W.C