Krummhorn

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Krummhorn \Krumm"horn`\, Krumhorn \Krum"horn`\
     (kr[=oo]m"h[^o]rn`), n. [G. krummhorn cornet; krumm crooked +
     horn horn.] (Mus.)
     (a) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now
         obsolete (see {Cornet}, 1, a.).
     (b) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called {cremona}.


         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  krummhorn
       n : a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube
           (crooked horn) [syn: {crumhorn}, {cromorne}]