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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 bombardon, or E flat tuba, has much richer lower notes For military purposes, this and the contrabass--the helicon--are circular.— Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891
Was it me he wanted, or the bombardon I fancy he thought of you together; but of course he did not ask for the big thing--that would have been greedy.— The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
The contra-bombardon man, we understand, also complains that his instrument is too tight round the chest The one unselfish friend of man is the dog," said Sir FREDERICK BANBURY, M.P. A less courageous man would certainly have mentioned the PRESIDENT of the United States A correspondent who signs himself "Selborne" writes to inform us that about 9 A.M. last Thursday he noticed a pair of labourers building within a stone's-throw of Catford Bridge A Hendon man has just completed sixty-two years in a church choir.— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919
Once only in his life he had been thrown into a state of excitement and shown signs of animation, and that was when he read in the newspapers of a new instrument at the Universal Exhibition in London, the 'contro-bombardon,' and became very anxious to order this instrument for himself, and even made inquiries as to where to send the money and through what office.— On the Eve

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