Racket bassoon

Racket bassoon (Fr.: basson à fusée basson à raquette; Ger.: Rackettenfagott, Wurstfagott, Stockfagott, Faustfagott), a late form of *racket, created by Johann Christoff Denner of Nürnberg, according to Doppelmayr (in 1730). Also called sausage bassoon. See: racket.