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Bombardon
bombardo (?), Bombardon (?), 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.
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