Fagonello

A fagonello is a variation on a bassoon created especially for children. Compared to a normal bassoon, it has the following features: [1][2]

  • Reduced mass (only about 1.25 kg or 2.8 lb)
  • Slightly reduced range (only going down to C, not B♭)
  • Single piece main body (only the crook and reed need to be installed before use)
  • Reduced finger spacing, said to be suitable for 5- to 10-year-olds

Unlike other "small bassoons" which transpose by a fourth or fifth such as the tenoroon or mini-bassoon, it plays at normal pitch.

Notes
  1. Maarten Vonk, "The Fagonello (or Bassoonello) by Heyday’s: Why (another) Children's Bassoon?", http://www.bdrs.org.uk/drn/2011autumn_DRN96.pdf, pp 33–34
  2. http://fagonello.de/Konzept_en.htm
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