Antilopenhorn

Antilopenhorn (Ger.), bugle in C, made of antelope horn, with a cornet mouthpiece, suggested by Hermann Schulz, a Berlin musician, and made by the firm of C. W. Moritz of Berlin in 1896. Said to have had superior carrying power, the instr. was adopted by a Prussian military band; 1 m. (40 in.) long (176). Sachs, Curt. Reallexikon der Musikinstrumente. Berlin, 1913.