1) Early musical instrument
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The rackett is a Renaissance-era double reed wind instrument. There are several sizes of rackett, in a family ranging from soprano to great bass. Relative to their pitch, racketts are quite small (the tenor rackett is only 4½ inches long, yet its lowest note is F, two octaves below middle C). This is achieved through its ingenious construction. T...
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• (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.
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(from German Rank, `bend`), in music, double-reed wind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries. It consisted of a short wooden or ivory cylinder ... [1 related articles]
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Rack'ett (-ĕt)
noun [ Etymol. uncertain.]
(Mus.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.
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The rackett was an old musical wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys. It was not of an extended compass, being incapable of producing harmonics. It was a double-reed instrument, the reed being at the end of a tube through which the player blew. The tone was nasal and produced with difficulty. The rackett was impro...
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