crumhorn
var. cromorne, krummhorn.
| 1694–6 Specif. Organ St. Paul's Cath. in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 594, 20. Voice Humane. 21. Crumhorne. 1954 Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) II. 547/1 The body of a crumhorn is a slender tube, almost invariably of boxwood, with the lower end bent up in a hook-like curve. 1966 New Statesman 1 July 25/3 A few drones on shawms and crumhorns would have encouraged vocal techniques. |