Cromorne

Cromorne 1. Fr.: crumhorn. The word was used up to ca. 1650, then superseded by tournebout; 2. organ stop of reed pipes with short cylindrical resonators at 8' pitch. In Britain the term is sometimes erroneously applied to the clarinet stop. For the Ger. equivalent see: Krummhorn, 2 (89 Baines). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London, 1954.