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
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I had left it, as you know, in the boat, and had heard no order given; but the boat I never saw again, and here was my bombardon.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
This was the old man who had listened to my performance on the bombardon.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
“Morning,” said Brumpton, rather gruffly, as he halted in front of Jerry, with his battered bombardon in his hand, evidently on his way from the band-room to the sergeants’ quarters.
From The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne by A. Monro Smith
The bombardon, or E flat tuba, has much richer lower notes.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
When I awoke I had both arms round the bombardon; there wasn't a sight of land, or of the ship, anywhere; and, if you please, the sun was near sinking!
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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