wind quintet, which, although composed entirely of wind instruments, includes four fundamentally different ways of producing musical pitch. Octobass The octobass, a larger version of the double bass, is a rarely used member of this family constructed in the 19th century. It is extremely unwieldy to play and thus has not found much acceptance; nevertheless, it can be found in some Romantic-era scores and is called for occasionally in modern works. The octobass is played standing and its range typically reaches an octave below the double bass. See also Violin octet, an experiment in part to create an even more homogeneous blend of instruments related to the violin. Kit violin Tenor violin String instrument String orchestra List of string instruments Viol Notes References External links Andrea Amati violin, Cremona, ca. 1560 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Violin makers: Nicolò Amati and Antonio Stradivari on the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Violin