tenoroon

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The tenoroon, with which the oboe di caccia has been compared, was a high bassoon really on octave and a fifth below.

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  1. Same as oboe da caccia (which see, under oboe).
  2. In organ-building, noting a stop which does not extend below tenor C: as, a tenoroon hautboy.

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