post horn

(Instruments) a simple valveless natural horn consisting of a long tube of brass or copper, either straight or coiled; formerly often used to announce the arrival of a mailcoach

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post horn - wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries

wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

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