‖ krummhorn Mus.
(ˈkrʊmhɔːn, ˈkrʌm-)
Also crumhorn, krumhorn, krum horn.
[Ger., f. krumm crooked, curved + horn horn.]
a. A wind-instrument of a curved form. b. An organ reed-stop of 8 ft. pitch, resembling the clarinet in tone; called also cromorne, and corruptly cremona2.
| 1864 Webster, Krummhorn, Krumhorn, an instrument of music of the cornet kind, formerly in use. 1880 [see cromorne]. 1883 J. W. Mollett Illustr. Dict. Art & Archæol. 186/2 Krumhorn, an old musical instrument of the cornet kind. 1955 Auden Shield of Achilles iii. 76 There I stand in Eden again, welcomed back By the krumhorns, doppions, sordumes of jolly miners. 1969 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 6 July 23/1 That's if you call 14th, 15th and 16th century harpsichords, clavichords, recorders, krum horns, citterns, lutes and oboes up to date. |