What Does Krummhorn Mean?

: a Renaissance double-reed woodwind instrument consisting of a curved boxwood tube and having a pierced cap covering the reed.

How does a Crumhorn work?

The crumhorn is a reed cap instrument, meaning that the player's lips do not make direct contact with the reed, as they do with a shawm or a modern oboe: instead the crumhorn's double reeds, made of cane, are capped inside a wooden mouthpiece, thus the player makes lip contact with the wood; and because the reeds are ...

What does a Crumhorn sound like?

Crumhorns make a strong buzzing sound, but quieter than their conical-bore relatives the rauschpfeife and shawm. They have a limited range, usually a ninth.