Kramm’bogen (Ger.) Crook

Arumtm’horn, (Kromphorn, Krumlorn, hence Fr. cromorne and It. cormorne; It. also cornamu’te tor’to, of, for short, stor’to.) t, An obsolete wood-wind instr. of the Bombard cla , blown by means of a double reed within a cupped moutpiece, and difering from the bombards y the semi-circular turn of the lower part of the tube and by its remarkably narrow compa (a ninth). In the 16ta century it was made in 3 or 4 different sizes, treble, alto, (tenor), and ba , and had 6 ventazes on the straight part of the tube. ‘Ihe tone had a melancholy timbre, which was imitated—2. in the organ-stop of the same name (also cormorne, eremona, phocinx), formerly in vogue for small-sized organs and for the echo-work of larger ones (of 8 and 4-foot pitch, on the pedal also of 16foot pitch ‘as Avrumm’hornba ); a reed-stop, the tubes of which were frequently half-covered, or conical below and cylindrical above. [RiEMANN.]