Contrabass oboe Baroque composers. This apparently was an oboe-type instrument in the bassoon range. It had, nonetheless, a distinct tonal quality of its own. Richard Strauss states, in his edition of Hector Berlioz's "Treatise on Instrumentation", that its tone "...had not the slightest similarity with the low tones of the bassoon." Despite this distinction, the contrabass oboe never became popular or widely used, and few remain today. Contrabass oboe The contrabass oboe is a double reed woodwind instrument in the key of C or F, sounding two octaves or an octave and a fourth (respectively) lower than the standard oboe. Current research,
Reeds, Missouri Reeds, Missouri Reeds is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 95 at the 2010 census, at which time it was a town. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. For a short time, it was the county seat of Jasper County. Reeds was laid out in 1898, and named after W. T. Reed, the original owner of the town site. A post office called Reeds has been in operation since 1873. Reeds is located at (37.116880, -94.167504). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ,