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Krummhorn

Krummhorn \Krumm"horn`\, Krumhorn \Krum"horn`\ (kr[=oo]m"h[^o]rn`), n. [G. krummhorn cornet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.)

  1. A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see Cornet, 1, a.).

  2. A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called cremona.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
krummhorn

also crummhorn, "curved wind instrument," 1864, from German, literally "crooked horn," from krumm "curved, crooked."

Wiktionary
krummhorn

n. 1 A mediaeval and Renaissance wind instrument. 2 A stop on an organ.

WordNet
krummhorn

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

Wikipedia
Krummhörn

Krummhörn is a municipality in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Ems estuary, approximately 15 km southwest of Norden, and 10 km northwest of Emden.

The community (Gemeinde) of Krummhörn comprises 19 villages (population as of 31 December 2008):

  • Campen (507)
  • Canum (293)
  • Eilsum (612)
  • Freepsum (406)
  • Greetsiel (1553)
  • Grimersum (604)
  • Groothusen (483)
  • Hamswehrum (493)
  • Jennelt (384)
  • Loquard (621)
  • Manslagt (413)
  • Pewsum, main village (3289)
  • Pilsum (594)
  • Rysum (730)
  • Upleward (405)
  • Uttum (505)
  • Visquard (720)
  • Woltzeten (200)
  • Woquard (191)

Usage examples of "krummhorn".

I finally hired a krummhorn player to sit in the corner and play softly.

Musicians conscripted from a local tavern were blowing krummhorns, battering tabors and singing lustily in Polish as dancers whirled about the floor of the crumbling hall with reckless fury – a tumult of spinning farthingales and flying elbows.