crumhorns

 [kruhm-hawrn]  

crum·horn

   [kruhm-hawrn]
noun
a Renaissance musical reed instrument having a cylindrical tube curved at the end.
Also, cromorne, krumhorn.

Origin:
1950–55; < German Krummhorn, equivalent to krumm crooked, bent + Horn horn
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