Talk:Semi-contrabassoon
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Citations
[edit]This article is severely lacking in citations. The citation regarding the usage in Arthur Sullivan operas is the only plausible one. The Guntram Wolf citation does not verify what is said in the article: they do not use the term "semi-contrabassoon" at all. Unless there are more citations, it appears that the term "semi-contrabassoon" is a term that is being retroactively applied to a specific size of historical bassoons when picturing their hypothetical modern counterpart. There are no citations in this article that show the use of the term in the past, and aside from the WIP instrument by Bret Newton, there is no evidence of a modern "semi-contrabassoon." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.198.87.199 (talk) 07:00, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Recent Edits
[edit]It seems that recently someone added some incorrect information about the semi-contrabassoon (a largely obsolete historical instrument a fourth or fifth higher than the contrabassoon), confusing it with the subcontrabassoon (a not-yet-complete modern instrument an octave below the contrabassoon). I believe adding a page for subcontrabassoon would be premature, considering the instrument is still in an early prototype stage. Plus, since I'm the one building it I couldn't add a page without it being original research. But we do at least need the semi-contrabassoon page to be accurate to its intended topic, so some other users and I removed the subcontrabassoon information. More pertinent to the semi-contrabassoon topic would be the recent efforts by Bret Newton to build a modern semi-contrabassoon a fifth above the contrabassoon, which he is calling the "greatbassoon". However, this project is (similarly to the subcontrabassoon) still in the early stages so it's probably necessary to wait for better citable sources before incorporating it into the article.