Definition of "bombardon" []

• A brass instrument resembling a tuba but with a lower pitch; a bass or contrabass tuba. (noun)
• A 16- or 32-foot reed stop on an organ. (noun)

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• "The contra-bombardon man, we understand, also complains that his instrument is too tight round the chest."
• "The euphonium and bombardon, the basses of the important family of saxhorns, now completely cover the ground of bass wind instrument music."
• "The bombardon, or E flat tuba, has much richer lower notes."