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The modern bassoon, held angular to the floor and blown into a special double-reed mouthpiece, is partially folded over the tube which stands about 4 ½ tall (1 ⅓ m) in length but the length of the actual tube is about 8 ¼ feet in length (2 ½ m) with a flared bell of about 4 inches.