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I would have guessed composers in the baroque would love the rich sounds of the bass flute. This is completely my personal opinion, but I'd prefer the bass flute over the bassoon's more nasal sound. My hunch is there was some intonation issues with the flute family that prevented a general adoption by composers. If anyone has more knowledge about this, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks. Kim
The Baroque flute was a much quieter instrument than the modern flute, and if the recorder family can be taken as any indication, the lower members would be much softer in volume than the soprano members, so a bass flute based on Baroque flute design would never have been heard through an ensemble the way that a bassoon cuts through.
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