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Refined bore design, including down-bore and finger holes lined with ebonite. Sounding a 4th higher than full-size bassoon.

Howarth Tenoroon as Mini-Bassoon PLUS+ but sounding a 4th higher than full bassoon. Suited to 9+ year-olds. Key system & fingerings as standard bassoon.

Weight of standard student bassoon (Howarth Academy): 3.2kg

Weight of Howarth Tenoroon: 1.25Kg

Click here for an article about how successful they can be with younger students. (Opens in a new window or tab in your main browser, not this popup window!)

And here's a video of the instruments in action! (For the full effect you will need to listen through to the end, there are two halves to the video, sort of 'before-and-after'.)