contrabassoon

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Definition

Double-reed woodwind instrument with the lowest range in the woodwind family sounding an octave below a regular bassoon. The contrabassoon is also called double bassoon.

See Also

[English] double bassoon
[French] contre-basson (m)
[German] Kontrafagott (n)
[Italian] contrafagotto (m)

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