Definition of "busine"

The transformation of the busine (buccina) into the sackbut involved two or three processes […]

1911, The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, page 974

In a busine of 1460, made in the workshop of the Nuremberg trumpet and trombone-maker Haas, it may be observed how easily an efficient slide could be formed on its cylindrical tube, […]

1982, George B. Lane, The Trombone in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Did you know that Roger Voisin made a recording using tenor cornetto as well as a busine? That Edward Tarr recorded on a trumpet mouthpiece, Friedemann Immer recorded a Bach cantata on the natural horn, […] ?

1991, Historic Brass Society Newsletter