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krummhorn
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krumm·horn or crum·horn  (krmhôrn)
n.
A wind instrument of the Renaissance with a curving tube and a double reed.
[German : krumm, crooked (from Middle High German krump, krum, from Old High German krump) + Horn, horn; see alpenhorn.]
krummhorn [ˈkrʌmˌhɔːn]
n
(Music / Instruments) a variant spelling of crumhorn
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Noun1.krummhorn - a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)
cromorne, crumhorn
double reed, double-reed instrument - a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together
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They will bring along an array of instruments played in Tudor times - bagpipes, crumhorns, curtal, fiddle, gittern, harp, hurdy gurdy, lute, percussion, pipes, rebec, recorders, renaissance violin, sackbut, shawms, tabors and trumpets.
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Their instruments include not just violins, cornets, and harps - but also sackbuts, crumhorns, cornamuses and shawms.
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