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Bombardon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba.
  2. 2
    a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family wordnet
  3. 3
    A bass instrument of the shawm family
  4. 4
    a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician wordnet
  5. 5
    An organ pedal stop at 32' pitch which imitates the sound of the above mentioned instruments.

Etymology

From French bombardon, from Italian bombardone.

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