Basse d'harmonie

Basse d'harmonie (Fr.), 1. generic Fr. term denoting wind instrs. of bass register; 2. an improved ophicleide patented by Halary of Paris on Feb. 9, 1822; 3. an improved ophicleide patented by Frédéric Sautermeister of Lyon in 1827, with 11 keys, of which 6 were open keys (89, 204). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAuthorAscendingDescending Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London, 1954. Wright, Rowland. Dictionnaire des instruments de musique. London, 1941.