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Dulcians

Scope note

European reedpipes, well-known from the late 16th to the early 18th century and considered to be the precursor of the bassoon, having a body made of a single piece of wood with two parallel conical channels bored down and up within it, a bell at the top of and integral with the body, and a short crook carrying a double reed.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042507

Term used for

dolcians

Equivalent Terms used

dulcian

Created

13yrs ago

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