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Despite its misleading name, what double-reed woodwind instrument is actually a larger, lower-pitched relative of the oboe?

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English Horn

Also known as the cor anglais, the instrument is neither English in origin nor a horn. It is distinguished from the oboe by its pear-shaped bell and a slightly bent metal tube called a bocal.

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