Historical clue formulations

• Oom-pah instrument — 2026-06-08
• Oom-pah band instrument — 2025-11-03
• Part of a brass band — 2025-07-10
• Low-pitched musical instrument — 2025-07-02
• Instrument similar to a sousaphone — 2025-04-23
• Latin for "trumpet" — 2024-12-21
• Boomer in a band — 2024-12-12
• What's deep in a pit? — 2024-12-09
• Deep brass instrument — 2024-06-10
• Just then, Dana, a bandmate Ava was crushing on, walked up lugging a ___. — 2023-08-30
• Helicon, e.g., musically speaking — 2023-05-04
• Instrument that superseded the ophicleide — 2022-11-10
• Latin for "trumpet" — 2022-10-09
• Big player — 2022-10-07
• Bottom of a pit? — 2022-08-13
• Brass instrument with the largest mouthpiece — 2022-01-12
• Heavy weight for a musician to bear? — 2021-09-21
• Instrument that largely replaced the ophicleide — 2021-07-01
• One likely to end on a low note? — 2020-12-26
• Big brass — 2019-01-11
• "Oom" producer — 2018-12-01
• Bass player — 2018-02-25
• Big blow for a musician? — 2017-11-18
• Big brass — 2017-04-09
• Instrument that makes the cheeks puff out — 2017-03-13
• Oompah-pah instrument — 2017-03-02
• Bass instrument — 2016-02-21
• It has a solo near the end of "An American in Paris" — 2016-01-16
• Marching band instrument — 2015-08-17
• March sound — 2015-06-28
• Big instrument in a marching band — 2014-09-29
• Big horn — 2014-06-24
• Big brass — 2014-05-21
• It's big and brassy — 2014-04-03
• Deep-toned instrument — 2012-10-16
• Heavy instrument to march with — 2012-05-28
• Oom-pah-pah instrument — 2011-10-31
• Sousaphone, e.g. — 2011-02-01
• Big brass — 2010-12-26
• Oompah band instrument — 2010-04-05
• Marching band instrument — 2010-02-09
• Part of a military band — 2008-10-02
• "Symphonie Fantastique" need — 2007-11-25
• Part of the back of an orchestra — 2005-12-22
• One with a big bell — 2005-11-11
• Hefty horn — 2005-10-25
• Oompah-paher — 2005-10-07
• Oktoberfest band instrument — 2005-08-16
• "Tubby" musical instrument — 2005-05-16
• Bass line provider — 2004-12-31