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article url: http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com:80/subscriber/article/grove/music/02276 Bassoon (Fr. basson ; Ger. Fagott ; It. fagotto ).
A wooden conical wind instrument, sounded with a double reed, which forms the tenor and bass to the woodwind section. In the modern orchestra, the family exists in two different sizes: the bassoon and the double bassoon or contrabassoon, sounding one octave lower. Built in four joints, its precursor the dulcian