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In a string orchestra, the instrument with the lowest pitch is the Bass (also called Double Bass, String Bass, Upright Bass, and Contrabass)

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double bass (c 3 octaves below middle c, or with an extended c string, b), tuba(i dont know), and bassoon( b flat 2 occtaves below middle c) contra bassoon ( b flat 3 octaves below middle c)

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The Bass ... aka Bass-viole, Contra-viole

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frequency it is the bass drum, however the lowest pitched instrument in the orchestra is the BBb (double B flat) tuba!

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Double B-flat Tuba

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The Tuba

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Bass

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