Bombardon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bombardon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Bombardon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bombardon n a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician [syn: helicon, bombardon] a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family Synonym(s): bombardon, bombard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bombardo \[d8]Bombar"do\, Bombardon* \Bombar"don\, n. [It. bombardo.] (Mus.) 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.