The orchestra and its instruments . f that dangerous rogue-elephant, the double-bass. Naturally as there are no compositions written forhim to shine in the front of the concert stage, therehave been few great performers on the double-bass. There were, however, two very great Italian was Domenico Dragonetti. He was born in was too hard for him to play, and he achieveda great reputation. He played in concerts throughoutEurope. The other was Bottesini, who was born in1822. He was also considered a wonder. He playedon a three-stringed instrument of rather small
The orchestra and its instruments . f that dangerous rogue-elephant, the double-bass. Naturally as there are no compositions written forhim to shine in the front of the concert stage, therehave been few great performers on the double-bass. There were, however, two very great Italian was Domenico Dragonetti. He was born in was too hard for him to play, and he achieveda great reputation. He played in concerts throughoutEurope. The other was Bottesini, who was born in1822. He was also considered a wonder. He playedon a three-stringed instrument of rather small visited the United States with Arditi aboutseventy-five years ago. Dragonetti played on a Gas-paro di Said. He also owned a Stradivari. Double-basses by the Cremonese makers are made a few and Nicolo Amati made threeor four; but Amatis instruments are not effective in theOrchestra. Carlo Bergonzis are among the best ever /jTmA or mas, w/Mr*irjirr/r*>rs/*{af/s ameres, *tum /arat tio/ffte/u /r/>/*J<?ri/tn. scS/re i/tf/a^&apn/Srr. *2rt> fr/7t~srre ??. ic? ri/vfH CrfM/tfm//t<rto Syra/ft &30(?fr0rftf/t/^_ lutemakers shop and two men playing the double-bass THE DOUBLE-BASS 71 made; for Bergonzi, as we have seen,l was famous forinstruments of strong tone and he went back to theGasparo di Said We also know that the double-bass has to keep to the Viol model; so it is not hardto see why Carlo Bergonzis instruments are so highlyvalued. 1 See page 33. 2 See page 22. CHAPTER V THE WOODWIND FAMILY The Woodwind; the reed; the flute; the piccolo; the oboe; the cor anglais;the bassoon; the double-bassoon; the clarinet; the basset-horn; the bass-clarinet. f l|*/HE Woodwind Family consists of instrumentsthat may be described as wooden tubes,or pipes, through which the performer blows,stopping the holes in these pipes with his fingers inorder to get various notes. Some of these are fur-nished with reeds and some are without. It is easyfor us to tell the d
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