bombardo

Bom*bar"do, Bom*bar"don, n. Etym: [It. bombardo.] (Mus.) Defn: Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. Grove.

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