Usage examples (26)

• The Washington Cathedral has an ophicleide stop; the Central Synagogue in New York has one labeled "shofar."
• The wooden serpent has gone out of use in military bands within recollection, the ophicleide from orchestras only recently.
• "Like an ophicleide," said Gerfaut, who could not help laughing at the importance the artist attached to his display of talent.
• In the ophicleide, the bass of the key-bugle, the bore is sufficiently wide to produce the fundamentals of a satisfactory quality.