bassoon
bas·soon [bassoon bassoons] BrE [bəˈsuːn] NAmE [bəˈsuːn] noun 
a musical instrument of the ↑woodwind group. It is shaped like a large wooden tube with a double ↑reed that you blow into, and produces notes with a low sound.
Word Origin:
early 18th cent.: from French basson, from Italian bassone, from basso ‘low’, from Latin bassus ‘short, low’.
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