Contrabass oboe
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The contrabass oboe is a double reed woodwind instrument in the key of C, sounding two octaves lower than the standard oboe.
The instrument is believed to have first been developed in the mid-18th century. Having approximately the same range as the bassoon, it had, nonetheless, a distinct tonal quality of its own. Strauss states, in his edition of Hector Berlioz's Treatise on Instrumenation, that its tone "...had not the slightest similarity with the low tones of the bassoon."
Despite this distinction, the contrabass oboe never became a popular or widely employed instrument, and there remain few instances of it today.
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| Members of the oboe family |  |
|---|---|
| Piccolo oboe • Piccolo heckelphone • Oboe • Baroque oboe • Oboe d'amore • Cor anglais (English horn) • Oboe da caccia • Bass oboe • Heckelphone • Contrabass oboe |
Double reed instruments (also includes those with quadruple and sextuple reeds)
| European classical (modern): | Piccolo oboe • Piccolo heckelphone • Oboe • Oboe d'amore • Cor anglais (English horn) • Bass oboe • Heckelphone • Contrabass oboe • Tenoroon • Bassoon • Contrabassoon • Contraforte • Sarrusophone • Alto sarrusophone • Tenor sarrusophone • Baritone sarrusophone • Bass sarrusophone • Contrabass sarrusophone • Rothphone • Contrabassophone • Reed contrabass • Tromboon |
| European classical (historical): | Aulos • Baroque oboe • Bassanelli • Cornamuse • Cromorne • Crumhorn • Dulcian • Hirtenschalmei • Kortholt • Oboe da caccia • Pommer • Rackett • Rauschpfeife • Shawm |
| African traditional: | Alghaita • Rhaita |
| Asian traditional: | Duduk • Guan • Gyaling • Hichiriki • Hne • Kèn bầu • Kuzhal • Mizmar • Nadaswaram • Pi • Piri • Shehnai • Sorna • Sralai • Suona • Taepyeongso • Zurna |
| European traditional: | Aulos • Bifora • Bombarde • Catalan shawm • Dulzaina • Musette • Piffero • Sopila • Tárogató • Zurla |
| North American traditional: | Trompeta china |
