Basson grosso

Basson grosso (sic), contrabassoon made by Stanesby for Handel's L'Allegro and Royal Fireworks Music and now preserved in the National Museum, Dublin. It has 4 keys and a bass compass of B♭2 and is 2.70 m. (9 ft.) tall. See also: bassono grosso (14). Baines, Anthony. Woodwind Instruments and Their History. London, 1957.