double bassoon

American  

noun

1. a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.

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double bassoon British  

noun

1. music the lowest and largest instrument in the oboe class; contrabassoon

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Etymology

Origin of double bassoon

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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double bassoon

I go further than Beethoven in preferring the double bassoon.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

But Herr Weidig neglected to mention the most interesting point in the illustration—that the abysmal-toned double bassoon calls attention to the devil-possessed swine, St. Anthony being the patron saint of swine-herds.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

Mr. Dubbe wrote the motive on the blackboard and then played it on his double bassoon, which, he said, is one of the very few in this country.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

At length Harris challenged his redoubtable rival to make certain additional reed stops, vox humana, cremona, double bassoon and other stops, within a given time.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

He's the strongest and solidest man in the place, Nothing—short of mad cattle—can quicken his pace; His moustache would do credit to any dragoon, And his voice is as deep as a double bassoon.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 12, 1917 by Various