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Brummer (m)

(with) definite article: der
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From "brummen" [to buzz]; Long, low-pitched drone.

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.IX.

Meer, John Henry van der: Typologie der Sackpfeife. In: Anz. Germ. Nationalmus. (Nürnberg, 1964), p.123.

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975.