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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cremona  \Cre*mo"na\  (kr[-e]*m[=o]"n[dot]),  n. 
  A  superior  kind  of  violin,  formerly  made  at  Cremona,  in 
  Italy. 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  CREMONA,  n.  A  high-priced  violin  made  in  Connecticut. 
 
 




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