tromba marina

[ trom-buh muh-ree-nuh; Italian trawm-bah mah-ree-nah ]

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noun

, plural trom·be ma·ri·ne [trom, -bey m, uh, -, ree, -ney, trawm, -be mah-, ree, -ne].

tromba marina

/ ˈtrɒmbə məˈriːnə /

an obsolete viol with a long thin body and a single string. It resembled the natural trumpet in its range of notes (limited to harmonics) and its tone

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< Italian: literally, marine trumpet (literal sense unclear); trombone

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from Italian, literally: marine trumpet

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A tromba marina or marine trumpet, probably Dutch, seventeenth century.

Sebastian Virdung draws a bow for a tromba marina, with the hair and stick bound together with waxed cord.

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