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OCR: FACTS BoX NAME: BASSET-HORN FAMILY Woodwind WOODWIND PITCH RANGE: At least three octawes MATERIAL: Boxwood and ivory COMPLETE RANGE SIZE: Variable: this example is about 9 ft 90 cm long ORIGINS The basset -horn was probably invented around 1765 b instrunent- makers Mayrhofer in Bavaria Germany CLASSIFICATION: Aerophone: an instrument that produces sound by the vibration column of air DID YOU KNOW? To enable the basset- hornto reack It lowest notes. early models ofthe instrument had "box "book at the lower end of the tube. Inside an extra length of tube zig-zagged ite way through befor emerging into metal bell YOODWIND exampl basser vibr befon emer ging