Contrabass oboe 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, in particular that by hautboy specialist Bruce Haynes, suggests that such instruments may have been developed in France as part of an original attempt to maintain the complete family of double reed instruments when the oboe was created from the shawm. There was an instrument referred to as the basse de cromorne or basse de hautbois which was used by Lully, Charpentier, and other French
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 ,