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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