An instrument that went missing almost six years ago from Kleinhans Music Hall is home again, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra announced Friday. A contrabassoon – a woodwind instrument with a sound ...

When you’re friends with William Safford, you learn a lot about bassoons. The names of principal bassoonists in the major American orchestras over the last 75 years, the specifications and ...

Eighteen indispensable men got ready last week for another winter’s work. They were the contrabassoonists of the eighteen big U.S. symphony orchestras. Without them, the U.S. symphonic season could ...

There are obvious reasons why thieves steal money, jewelry, smartphones, cars or prescription drugs. But Martha Malkiewicz has no idea why anyone wanted to take her contrabassoon. It’s a woodwind that ...