mellophone
noun
mel·lo·phone
ˈme-lə-ˌfōn 
: a valved brass instrument similar in form and range to the French horn
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Carter has been to multiple honor bands in the region and plans to continue to play horn/mellophone in college.
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Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
As the sun blistered the parking lot, rows of trumpet, tuba and mellophone players marched back and forth, wiping sweat from their foreheads at the end of each passage of music.
—Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
It’s one of the most touching moments of the debut episode, the first of eight. Nehemiah, a mellophone player and aspiring leader, offers another of the show’s strong personalities.
—Candace McDuffie, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2022
Two somehow escape through the swirl of trumpets, mellophones and clarinets.
—Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown, 11 Aug. 2017
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Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
As the sun blistered the parking lot, rows of trumpet, tuba and mellophone players marched back and forth, wiping sweat from their foreheads at the end of each passage of music.
—Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
It’s one of the most touching moments of the debut episode, the first of eight. Nehemiah, a mellophone player and aspiring leader, offers another of the show’s strong personalities.
—Candace McDuffie, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2022
Two somehow escape through the swirl of trumpets, mellophones and clarinets.
—Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown, 11 Aug. 2017
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“Mellophone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mellophone. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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mellophone
noun
mel·lo·phone
ˈmel-ə-ˌfōn
: an althorn in circular form
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