It is made out of maple wood (or plastic) and has a double reed. The bassoon is a very versatile instrument. It can play very low notes and still get quite high. It can also play very quick ...

Trapped inside a shuttered musical instrument repair shop in a New York City suburb sits Mark Gigliotti’s livelihood: his ...

When did you start playing the bassoon, and what was it about it that led you to choose it? I started playing the bassoon almost completely by accident. Neither of my parents are musicians ...

Alberto Grazzi performs seven of Vivaldi’s 39 bassoon concertos with a small band of single instruments, who play with exemplary ease and dynamic flexibility. It is inevitable that four concertos ...