Bassoon

Bassoon [It. bassone] (Fr.: basson; Ger.: Fagott; It.: fagotto; Sp.: fagote), 1. a low-pitched woodwind instr. developed from the curtal in the mid-17th c., with conical bore, played with a double reed (but cf. dolcino). Whereas the curtal had a double channel bored up and down in one piece of wood, the bassoon is made of 4 separate joints: the butt, or double joint, which holds the wing joint (also called tenor joint); the bass joint (also called long joint), and a slightly flared bell…