KRUMMHORN
krummhorn, crumhorn, cromorne
(noun) a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
krummhorn (plural krummhorns)
A mediaeval and Renaissance wind instrument.
A stop on an organ.
Source: Wiktionary
Krumm"horn`, Krum"horn`, n. Etym: [G. krummhorn horn.] (Mus.) (a) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see Cornet, 1, a.) (b) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called cremona.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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