Many years ago I saw a performance of The Magic Bassoon (PDQ Bach, of course). A major plot point was that Our Hero's bassoon kept getting progressively smaller as bits disappeared, until all he was left with was the reeds. As I recall, it was still playable for a while as bits went away. Could he possibly play an abbreviated bassoon?
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Date: 2009-12-27 01:15 pm (UTC)