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Which instrument is taller, a bassoon or a cor anglais?

April 26, 2017anglais bassoon COR instrument taller

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Which instrument is taller, a bassoon or a cor anglais?

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The bassoon is indeed a larger (and taller) instrument, with tubing about three times the length of the English horn (the cor anglais). Indeed, the latter instrument is quite easy to hold and play while walking around, whereas the bassoon is a bulky instrument which one must sit down to play.