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They’re like snowflakes,” said Jim Rodgers, the PSO’s principal contrabassoonist, who has a box of cane from the 1960s.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2015

Though a contra-bassoonist without a symphony orchestra may be the lowest down of all musical phenomena, a symphony orchestra with out a contrabassoonist is not low enough.

From Time Magazine Archive

The outstanding contrabassoonist in the U.S. is a short, dignified Neapolitan named Roberto Sensale, of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fifteen years later, at the death of the Philharmonic's veteran contrabassoonist, a stately Anglo-German named William Conrad, Sensale moved down an octave to take his place.

From Time Magazine Archive

To everybody but a contrabassoonist, its Stygian burps sound like abysmal Bronx cheers.

From Time Magazine Archive