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 bassoon evolved out of an earlier Renaissance instrument known as a dulcian, which itself had been around since the 1500s. However, the bassoon did not come into its own as an instrument separate from the dulcian family until members of the Hotteterre family began to tweak with designs to create the bassoon as it is known today.