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  2  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  krummhorn 
  n  :  a  Renaissance  woodwind  with  a  double  reed  and  a  curving  tube 
  (crooked  horn)  [syn:  {crumhorn},  {cromorne}] 




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