Carl Almenräder was a German bassoonist, inventor and composer.
The design of the modern bassoon owes a great deal to Almenräder, who, assisted by the German acoustics researcher Gottfried Weber developed the 17-key bassoon whose range spanned... Wikipedia
Born: October 3, 1786, Ronsdorf, Wuppertal, Germany
Died: September 14, 1846 (age 59 years), Biebrich, Wiesbaden, Germany