Brass instruments are defined by the vibration of the player’s lips against a mouthpiece, not by their construction material. A more precise term is lip-vibrated instrument. Ethnologists frequently refer to any instrument of this class as a trumpet; but when they are made of or derived from animal horns, they are also often known as horns.
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