Waldhorn

Waldhorn (Ger.), 1. the French horn; a hunting horn. An Ambras inventory of 1596 mentions a “Waldhorn mit messing beschlagen” (Waldhorn with brass trim); 2. englisches Waldhorn: see cor anglais; 3. name of the alphorn in N. Tirol; 4. organ stop, oldest name of the horn stop in Ger.-speaking countries; also built as a cylindrical Hohlflöte, i.e., it occurs both as a flue and as a reed stop; furthermore the name was given by John Compton of Nottingham to a powerful reed stop of his invention. See…