[Corruption of KRUMMHORN, CROMORNE.] An organ reed-stop of 8-foot tone.

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1660.  Specif. of Organ, Whitehall, in Grove, Dict. Mus., II. 591. Choir Organ … 14. Cremona.

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1879.  P. David, in Grove, Dict. Mus., I. 416/1. ‘Cremona,’ as applied to an organ stop, is a mere ignorant corruption of ‘Krumhorn.’

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1880.  E. J. Hopkins, ibid. II. 74. Krummhorn (i.e. crooked-horn), Cromorne, Cremona … The Cremonas in the organs built by Father Smith (1660),… were doubtless ‘voiced’ to imitate the … now obsolete crooked-horn.

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