Bombard (music)

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The name bombard, in various forms (bumhart, pumhart, pommer), was given to a medieval musical instrument, the forerunner of the bass oboe or schalmey.

At the present day, Breton peasants use a small primitive oboe called the bombarde, with eight holes but no keys.

Original text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica