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: a large low-pitched brass instrument usually oval in shape and having a conical tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a usual range an octave lower than that of the euphonium
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Patti LuPone: After starring in concert performances in 2000 at the New York Philharmonic and 2001 at the San Francisco Symphony, the three-time Tony winner played the tuba while headlining the intimate and edgy 2005 Broadway revival.
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Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Instruments in display cases lined the entryway; what looked like an unusually large tuba sat next to the office’s second-floor kitchenette.
—Chris Almeida, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2024
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Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Instruments in display cases lined the entryway; what looked like an unusually large tuba sat next to the office’s second-floor kitchenette.
—Chris Almeida, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2024
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“Tuba.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuba. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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tuba
noun
tu·ba
ˈt(y)ü-bə 
: a brass musical instrument of lowest pitch with an oval shape and valves for producing different tones
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