bombardon
Americannoun
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a bass reed stop on a pipe organ.
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a large, deep-toned, valved, brass wind instrument resembling a tuba.
noun
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a brass instrument of the tuba type, similar to a sousaphone
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a 16-foot bass reed stop on an organ
Etymology
Origin of bombardon
1855–60; < Italian bombardone wind instrument, equivalent to bombard ( o ) an oboelike instrument, originally, mortar ( see bombard) + -one augmentative suffix
Example Sentences
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The bombardon, or E flat tuba, has much richer lower notes.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
The euphonium and bombardon, the basses of the important family of saxhorns, now completely cover the ground of bass wind instrument music.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
Was it me he wanted, or the bombardon?'
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The bombardon in B flat or C, an octave lower than the euphonium, corresponds to the contrabass tuba in the orchestra.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
As well liken a fugue with flute and cymbals to an oratorio with bombardon and sky-rockets!
From Fly Fishing in Wonderland by Klahowya
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