Buccina

Buccina (Lat.) [U.], 1. signal horn of Roman antiquity, used by the army and as a pastoral instr. The term denoted both an animal horn and the metal form used by the army. By late classical times it came to denote the: 2. a large circular metal horn of ancient Rome, ca. 3 m. (10 ft.) long. See also: bucium, cornu; 3. a straight trumpet of med. Europe. See: buccine, buse, busette, buzina; 4. organ stop, the name given by It. builders to a reed stop equivalent to the posaune (12, 89, 176). Sort…