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The Bassoon is the bass of the woodwind section and also blends in well with all the other instruments. The first bassoons had 3 keys, two for the thumbs and one for the little finger but by the mid 17^th century were made in four separate sections, the butt, wing, bass and bell. Pitched in C and made of maple or pearwood, by 1730 a fourth key was added and by 1800 six keys were usual. During the 19^th century more improvements were made, Charles-Joseph Sax 1791-1865 introducing covered tone-holes and later with his son Adolphe a 23 keyed metal bassoon. Carl Almenraeder 1786-1843 published a treatise and by 1831 had founded his own factory. By increasing the number of keys to 15 he was able to extend the bassoon's range to nearly 4 octaves. Johann Heckel 1812-1877 and successive members of the Heckel family carried out many reforms over the years, launching in 1870 a famous model. Buffet-Crampon makes a bassoon in rosewood.

Notable works with Bassoon include:
Mozart Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191
Concertos of Hummel and Weber
the opening of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring

RESOURCES
WEBCRAWLER' - search results for bassoon
YAHOO!' - search results for bassoon
LYCOS' - search results for bassoon
NAXOS - have a great Composer List, and Musical Terms too.
Archive of Photos of Classical Composers
Classic Net
J S Bach Homepage - is a joint project of Jan Hanford and Jan Koster. So, who does what?Jan Hanford in North America Created and maintains: The main home page, BWV Database Recommended Recordings, Timeline, Links to Bach-related web sites
Her web server is located in California.
Jan Koster in Europe Created and maintains: Biography, Bibliography, Tourist Guide, Portraits,The Cantatas Project
His web server is located in The Netherlands.

The Bassoon Homepage
The Bassoon section of the New York Philharmonic
Bassoon
International Double Reed Society
Bachs works for bassoon

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