The sub-contrabass recorder is a member of the

recorder Recorder or The Recorder may refer to: Newspapers * ''Indianapolis Recorder'', a weekly newspaper * ''The Recorder'' (Massachusetts newspaper), a daily newspaper published in Greenfield, Massachusetts, US * ''The Recorder'' (Port Pirie), a news ...

family with a low note of FF (or F₁ in

SPN SPN may refer to: Places * Saipan International Airport (IATA airport code: SPN), Saipan * Shahjahanpur railway station (station code: SPN), Uttar Pradesh, India * Spooner Row railway station (National Rail station code: SPN), South Norfolk, Engla ...

). It is manufactured in a design with a square or rectangular cross-section, which was first patented in 1975 by Joachim and Herbert Paetzold. They are made from

plywood Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another. It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured ...

and have a doubled-back bore like a

bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...

, which reduces the exterior length of the instrument. They also have wooden

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. Through this special and proprietary design, the instrument can be played with a very short

bocal A bocal is a curved, tapered tube, which is an integral part of certain woodwind instruments, including double reed instruments such as the bassoon, contrabassoon, English horn, and oboe d'amore, as well as the larger recorders. In the double ree ...

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