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Webster 1913 Edition

Bassoon

Bas-soon′

,
Noun.
[F.
basson
, fr.
basse
bass; or perh. fr.
bas son
low sound. See
Bass
a part in music. ]
(Mus.)
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.
☞ Its compass comprehends three octaves. For convenience of carriage it is divided into two parts; whence it is also called a fagot.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bassoon

BASSOON'

,
Noun.
A musical wind instrument, blown with a reed, and furnished with eleven holes, which are stopped, as in other large flutes. Its compass comprehends three octaves. Its diameter at bottom is nine inches, and for convenience of carriage it is divided into two parts; whence it is called also a fagot. It serves for the base in a concert of hautboys, flutes, &c.

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