Machine Design or Mechanical Design. This is the series of articles on Machine Design or Mechanical Design. Machine design and drawing are very important subjects of mechanical engineering. No produce can be manufactured without designing it.
Bassoons are usually made from maple wood. Like the oboe the bassoon is played with a double reed. To make a sound the player blows through the double reed which is attached to a crook leading into the main body of the instrument. Bassoon players change the pitch of the notes by pressing different combinations of keys.
The chief present-day members of the family are: (1) The oboe, with its pleasant, strangely penetrating sound. (2) The cor anglais (or 'English horn', though it is neither English nor a horn), an alto oboe with a pitch a fifth below that of the oboe. To avoid it being a little too long for the player, the reed is inserted in a metal tube which is bent back. (3) The bassoon, the bass member of the family, of which the whole tube is bent back on itself and the reed brought within reach of the player's mouth by a curved tube. (4) The double bassoon, which resembles the bassoon but is longer and an octave lower in pitch.