Tenoroon

Tenoroon 1. 19th-c. term for a small bassoon of tenor range, pitched in f0 or g0, a 4fh or 5th higher than the ordinary bassoon; it was at the same pitch as the single *curtal of the 16th and 17th c. By extension the name is also given to any 19th-c. bassoon of higher than normal pitch; it has also been misapplied to the *alto fagotto. Now obs., these instrs. were occasionally used to replace the cor anglais (89 Langwill); 2. when affixed to names of organ stops in the 19th c., the word…