contrabassoon

contrabassoon
contrabassoonist, n.
/kon"treuh ba soohn", -beuh-/, n.
a bassoon larger in size and an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon; a double bassoon.
[1890-95; CONTRA-2 + BASSOON]

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