Quintfagott

Quintfagott Ger.: *quint bassoon, in Praetorius' day pitched in F1, a 5th below the ordinary bassoon (for pieces written in “canto b molli,” as he says). In the 18th and 19th c. the term also denoted a bassoon pitched in G0, a 5th above the ordinary bassoon. The low-pitched Quintfagott was also called Doppelfagott. Cf. tenoroon.