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Encyclopedia Britannica



POMMER

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 48 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
POMMER , or BoalBARD (Fr. hautbois; Ital. bombardo, bombardone), the alto,
tenor
  and basses of the shawm or Schalmey family, and the forerunners respectively of the cor-anglais, bassoon or fagotto, and
double
  bassoon or contrafagotto. The main difference to the casual observer between the medieval
instruments
  and those of our orchestra which were evolved from them would be one of size. In the Pommers no attempt had been made to bend the tube, and its length, equal to that of an open organ pipe of the same pitch, was outstretched in all its unwieldiness in an oblique position in front of the performer. The
great
  contrabass Pommer was 9 ft.
long
  without the crook and reed, which, however, were bent downwards. It had five open fingerholes and five keys working inside a perforated case; in order to bring the holes within reach of the
finger
 , they were cut obliquely through the tube. The compass extended
POMONA
from F below 8 ft. C to E or F in the
bass
  stave, two octaves in all. The other members of the family were the
bass
  Pommer, from 8 ft. C to middle C, corresponding to the modern bassoon or fagotto; the
tenor
  or basset Pommer, a fifth higher in pitch; the alto pommer or nicolo, a fourth or a fifth above the tenor; and the high alto, or Klein Alt Pommer, an
octave
  higher than the tenor, corresponding approximately to the cor-anglais.
For the history of the Pommer family see OsoE and BAssoon.
(K. S.)


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