ˈbombardon, -ˈone Mus.
[a. It. bombardone, augmentative form of bombardo.]
A brass instrument of the trumpet-kind, in tone resembling an ophicleide; also a bass reed-stop on the organ.
| 1856 Mrs. C. Clarke tr. Berlioz' Instrument. 176 The Bombardon..is a low instrument without keys and with three cylinders. 1876 J. Hiles Catech. Organ x. (1878) 71 Bombardone, Bombardon, Bombarde, a reed-stop of metal or wood. 1880 Grove Dict. Mus. I. 259 Bombardon, bombard..were originally names of the different varieties of the oboe or bassoon family; the bombardon, or largest instrument, reaching to contra F. From these the name was transferred to a bass reed-stop on the organ, with 16-foot tone. |