Subcontrabassoon

Subcontrabassoon (Ger.: Subkontrafagott), bassoon invented in 1873 by Vaclav Červeny of Königgrätz (Hradec Králové), in B♭, pitched an oct. below the contrabassoon, with a compass B♭3–B♭0. No surviving specimen is known (89 Langwill). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London, 1954.