Fagottino

Fagottino [dim. of *fagotto] (It.), obs. treble bassoon. The term is applied to those of the 17th c., properly speaking curtals, pitched in g0 (compass g0-c2) or pitched in c0 an oct. above the ordinary curtal (compass c0-f2). Later the name came to be applied to any bassoon of higher than ordinary pitch. Also called bassonetto (89 Langwill). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London, 1954.