Contrabasset horn

Contrabasset horn (Ger.: Kontrabassethorn), *contrabass clarinet in F, pitched an oct. below the *basset horn, first made by Johann Heinrich Gottlieb Streitwolf of Göttingen in 1829. His model was shaped like a bassoon and fitted with 19 keys, including 4 “basset” keys. Its lowest tone was F1, notated C0. Various models in F and E♭ appeared subsequently. Cf. clarinette contralto (89 Rendall, 176). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAuthorAscendingDescending Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th…