cromorne
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cromorne
1685–95; < French, alteration of German Krumhorn; see crumhorn
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This was the cromorne, a wooden instrument with cylindrical column of air; the name is considered to remain in the cremona stop of the organ.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
With the ordinary boring of eight lateral holes the cromorne possesses a limited compass of a ninth.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
Mersenne7 explains the construction of the cromorne, giving careful illustrations of the instrument with and without the cap.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
The Paris Conservatoire possesses one large bass cromorne of the 16th century, the Kgl.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
As they drew nearer, our hero noticed a young woman in the front rank who was playing folk-songs on a cromorne with a double-reed mouth-piece enclosed in an air-reservoir.
From Of All Things by Robert C. Benchley
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