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- Bassoon - n. - A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.
- Bassoonist - n. - A performer on the bassoon.
- Bombardon - n. - Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide.
- Cervelat - n. - An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone.
- Rackett - n. - An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.
- Reed - n. - A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube.