Found 2 items, similar to bombardon.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bombardon bombardon n 1: a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician [syn: helicon] 2: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family [syn: bombard]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bombardon Bombardo \Bom*bar"do\, Bombardon \Bom*bar"don\, n. [It. bombardo.] (Mus.) Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. --Grove. [1913 Webster]