Contrabassoon

Family:	Wind
How to play:	Also called as double bassoon, this wind instrument is bigger than the bassoon & is pitched an octave lower. It's played similar to a bassoon, however by his construccion and size, the fingering slightly varies.
First Known Contrabassoons:	One assumes that it had origin in the 17th centuary, it used to have 4 parts & only 3 keys. Nowadays, the contrabassoons cannot be disassembled because it come in one piece.

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