contrabassoonn.
A double bassoon.
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1891 C. R. Day Descriptive Catal. Musical Instruments Royal Mil. Exhib., London, 1890 iv. 70 A metal contra-bassoon..was exhibited in the Paris Exhibition of 1889. The tone, however..is greatly inferior to that of the wooden contra-fagotto or double-bassoon, which has been perfected by Dr. W. H. Stone.
1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 40/2 Contrafagotto, Double Bassoon or Contrabassoon.
1928 J. P. Sousa Marching Along xiv. 276 The additions [to the classic orchestra] to-day used by the moderns are piccolos, English horns, contra~bassoons, hecklephone, [etc.].
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