*A freak of an instrument, made to create a sensation in 1739 – and the original model still exists, and it's playable.
https://youtu.be/rLYRfHjZIy8
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"Sir Simon Rattle called it the Loch Ness monster".
David Chatterton introduces the Baroque contrabassoon, specifically an instrument made in 1739 and heard in original performances of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks.
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