NOUN
- a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
- a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
How To Use bombardon In A Sentence
- I believe he would have done it for the sake of the cornet; but before I had finished eating, up stepped a sentry escorting a man with my bombardon under his arm. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
- I had left it, as you know, in the boat, and had heard no order given; but the boat I never saw again, and here was my bombardon. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
- The euphonium and bombardon, the basses of the important family of saxhorns, now completely cover the ground of bass wind instrument music. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891
- The visitor put out his hand, but as I offered him the bombardon he waved it aside impatiently and pointed to the cornet. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
- Seven others were invoking the spirits of the ancient Roman cult of Jupiter with an assortment of instruments including bombardons, Celtic flutes and de rigueur Mellotrons
- The contra-bombardon man, we understand, also complains that his instrument is too tight round the chest. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919
- O'Hara wouldn't wake, so I just lifted him on board like a sack, tossed in his cornet and my bombardon, tumbled in on top of them, and started to row for dear life towards the ship's light in the offing. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
- The bombardon, or E flat tuba, has much richer lower notes. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891
- Every instrument, from the cornets on top to the bombardons or basses on the bottom, used the same valve fingerings.
- In fact, he did not even use one brass band: there are no cornets, saxhorns and bombardons in the score, but there is extra orchestral brass.
