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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 90. Chapters: Woodwind instrument, Pan flute, Bassoon, Cor anglais, Boehm System, Slide whistle, Pied Piper of Hamelin, Sarrusophone, List of recorder players, Crumhorn, Lur, Western concert flute, Fife, Saxophone technique, Basset horn, Shawm, Contrabassoon, Tenoroon, Contrabass clarinet, Fipple, Ney, Aulos, Mouthpiece, List of literary accounts of the Pied Piper, Tarogato, Contrabass sarrusophone, Cromorne, Chalumeau, Double clarinet, Tipu's Tiger, Arghul, Rackett, Wait, Tubax, List of woodwind instruments, Dulcian, Single-reed instrument, Launeddas, Xaphoon, Pommer, Semi contrabassoon, C soprano saxophone, Bocal, Fifer, Hornpipe, Register key, Heckel-clarina, Contraforte, Contrabassophone, Shvi, Heckelphone-clarinet, Ligature, French Flute School, Rauschpfeife, Dulzaina, Kortholt, Antara, Sodina, Algaita, Mijwiz, Slap tonguing, Zubivka, Folgerphone, Bassanelli, Reed contrabass, Pinkillo, Cornamuse, Bifora, Rothphone, Pepa, Qernete, Soprano sarrusophone, Gaita narvarra, Zhaleika, Lapa, Trompa de Ribagorza, Setup, Vladimir Shepherd's Horns, Monopipe. Excerpt: The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature. The bassoon is a non-transposing instrument known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, variety of character and agility. Listeners often compare its warm, dark, reedy timbre to that of a male baritone voice. Parts of the bassoon Playing range of a bassoon(.)) A spectrogram of the bassoon's B in four octaves.The bassoon disassembles into six main pieces, including the reed. The bell (6), extending upward; the bass joint (or long joint) (5), connecting the bell and the boot; the...