Noun
a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
Source: WordNetOne bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art? Franz Schubert
Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot. David Amram
I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad. Wynton Marsalis
I love the French horn. Vanessa L. Williams
According to Farkas the mouthpiece should have 2/3 upper lip and 1/3 lower lip (French horn), 2/3 lower lip and 1/3 upper lip (trumpet and cornet), and more latitude for lower brass (trombone, baritone, and tuba). Source: Internet
Cornet resembling a French horn Fanfare orkest Fanfare orkesten (" fanfare orchestras "), found in only the Netherlands, Belgium, Northern France and Lithuania, use the complete saxhorn family of instruments. Source: Internet