cromorne

[ kroh-mawrn, kruh- ]

/ kroʊˈmɔrn, krə- /

crumhorn.

Origin of cromorne

1685–95; < French, alteration of German Krumhorn; see crumhorn

In 1729 one of the cromorne players sold his appointment for 4000 francs.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 |Various
Cromorne is the German "krummhorn;" there is no English equivalent known.

Scientific American Supplement No. 819 |Various
The “Platerspil,” of which Virdung gives a drawing, is only a kind of cromorne.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 |Various
The girl turned like a frightened aardvark, still holding the cromorne in her hand.

Of All Things |Robert C. Benchley

By its construction the cromorne is one of the oldest wind instruments; it is evidently derived from the Gr.

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