Krummhorn

Krummhorn Ger.: 1. crumhorn; 2. organ stop of reed pipes, probably the oldest Ger. reed stop, recorded in Dresden in 1489, with narrow, cylindrical resonators, at 16', 8', 4', or 2' pitch. After the instr. was discarded, the nature of the organ stop was misunderstood; Adlung, for instance, found “nothing crooked” about it. Cormorne, a later corr. of the Fr. term cromorne, was translated into Ger. as Sanfthorn. Cf. cromorne, 2 (3, 133). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Adlung…