[ba-soon, buh-] 
| a large woodwind instrument of low range, with a doubled tube and a curved metal crook to which a double reed is attached. |
| bas·soon (bə-sōōn', bā-) n. A low-pitched woodwind instrument with a double reed, having a long wooden body attached to a U-shaped lateral tube that leads to the mouthpiece. The range of this instrument is typically two octaves lower than that of the oboe. [French basson, from Italian bassone, augmentative of basso, bass; see basso.] bas·soon'ist n. |
