The rackett, raggett, cervelas, or sausage bassoon is a Renaissance-era double reed wind instrument, introduced late in the sixteenth century and already superseded by bassoons at the end of the seventeenth century.

Rackett, (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 typically bored with nine extremely narrow channels connected in a series.

The rackett has a warm, rich tone, and is capable of a wide range of tone color and dynamic range, from loud and buzzy to soft and gentle. Thus it is a highly versatile instrument. A painting of the Munich court band during the latter sixteenth century depicts the rackett in consort with flute, recorder, cornetts, sackbut, lute, viols, and ...

A consort of Renaissance racketts played by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London from the Reed Instruments episode of 'Early Musical Instrument...

The meaning of RACKETT is an obsolete bass instrument of the oboe family having its tube bent upon itself in short lengths that are enclosed in a cylinder —called also sausage bassoon.

RACKET definition: 1. an object used for hitting the ball in various sports, consisting of a net fixed tightly to a…. Learn more.

The fourth piece of my renaissance rackett collection. The rackett has always been one of my favourite renaissance instruments, and it's a shame its use decl...

This is a "Cant Rackett" based on the design in "The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker" by Trevor Robinson.A rackett is a double-reed

History of Rackett, Nebraska and The Rackett Grange Hall No. 318. Constructed in 1926 the hall, located at the former townsite of Rackett, is a one-story, false front commercial building.

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