The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SACKBUT
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More clues leading to the result SACKBUT
- Instrument in vessel about to go on fire
- Dismiss objection showing old-fashioned brass
- After pillage, save brass instrument
- Train of silk except that it could’ve been blown
- Initially seen as crazy, keep bringing up the old musical instrument
- Fire still in old instrument
- Instrument in boat capsized under fire
- Instrument taken from bag by Aunt Sally, briefly
- Under fire, however, players blew it
- Old instrument is still on fire
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The straight part
We know that "old musical instrument" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case old musical instrument = sackbut.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SACKBUT mean?
SACKBUT noun- A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.