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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bombardon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
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