Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/3198
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	contrabassoon
Subject
	422.112.2
Publisher
	Fox
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	European
Format
	51.5 in. height (without stand)
Identifier
	7777
Source
	Western Europe
Language
	EN
Alternative Title
	double bassoon
	contrebasson
	Kontrafagott
	contrafagotto
Extent
	900
Medium
	wood
	reed - cane
	metal
	spring - flat and/or needle
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Symphony Orchestra
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Europe
Provenance
	Bonath collection
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - conical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	exposed concussion (multiple) reed
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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