BOMBARDO

{ ‖Bom‐bar″do (�), 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.