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krumm·​horn ˈkrəm-ˌhȯrn. variants or less commonly crumhorn or krumhorn. : a Renaissance double-reed woodwind instrument consisting of a curved boxwood tube and having a pierced cap covering the reed.

crumhorn, also spelled Krummhorn, (from Middle English crump: “crooked”), double-reed wind instrument that flourished between the 15th century and about 1650. It consists of a small boxwood pipe of cylindrical bore, curved upward at the lower end and pierced with finger holes like those of a recorder.

The crumhorn was the most important double reed wind cap instrument in the sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Its name, of German origin, refers to its special shape with a curved lower end to the body. It is mainly associated with Germany, Italy and the Low Countries.

The crumhorn is a reed cap instrument, meaning that the player's lips do not make direct contact with the reed, as they do with a shawm or a modern oboe: instead the crumhorn's double reeds, made of cane, are capped inside a wooden mouthpiece, thus the player makes lip contact with the wood; and because the reeds are ...

reed cap family The crumhorn is the earliest and most common instrument of the reed cap family which also includes the kortholt, cornamuse, and hirtenschalmei.

The name refers to the characteristic letter “J” shape of the instrument and derives from an old German word meaning “curved” - same root as our English word “crumpled.” Krummhorns use a double reed, like the modern oboe or bassoon, but unlike those instruments, the reed is not held between the lips, but rather encased ...

The crumhorn is a double reed instrument of the woodwind family, most commonly used during the Renaissance period. In modern times, particularly since the 1960s, there has been a revival of interest in early music, and crumhorns are being played again.

Crumhorns make a strong buzzing sound, but quieter than their conical-bore relatives the rauschpfeife and shawm. They have a limited range, usually a ninth.

The crumhorn is a double reed instrument of the woodwind family, most commonly used during the Renaissance period. In modern times, particularly since the 1960s, there has been a revival of interest in early music, and crumhorns are being played again. It was also spelled krummhorn, krumhorn, krum horn, and cremorne.

Crumhorns are double reed woodwind instruments that were particularly popular in the Renaissance period.

seven finger holes The crumhorn is a woodwind instrument. It has seven finger holes on the front of the instrument, and a thumb hole on the back. The lowest hole on the front of the instrument, the eighth hole, is created to tune the instrument.

As early as 1500 crumhorns were used along with other instruments to accompany two masses performed for the wedding of Duke Johann to Sophia of Mecklenburg. King Henry the Eighth of England owned 25 crumhorns, so they may have been played at his court.