Category:Sackbut

Sack"but, n. Etym: [f. saquebute, of. saqueboute a sackbut. earlier, A sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used by foot soldiers to unhorse cavalrymen; prop. meaning, pull and push; fr. saquier, sachier, to pull, draw (perhaps originally, to put into a bag or take out from a bag; see sack a bag) + bouter to push (see butt to thrust). The name was given to the musical instrument from its being lengthened and shortened.] (mus.)

Defn: a brass, like a bass , so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone. [written also sagbut.] Moore (encyc. of music).

Note: the sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Sackbut - (Chald. sabkha; Gr. sambuke ), a Syrian stringed instrument resembling a harp (Daniel 3:5, Daniel 3:7, Daniel 3:10, Daniel 3:15); not the modern sackbut, which is a wind instrument.