Pitched one octave below bass, contrabass and subcontrabass instruments are about as low as most instruments go. Aside from those massive pipe organs, they’re also about as big as most instruments get.
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Ray Strobel
Hey, you forgot the contrabass trombone! –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2D2I3xvK60
nickolas_warner
Think he’s compensating for something with that saxophone?
Xinavera
Dude! I’m glad I didn’t have to lug one of those to band practice every day. Cool sounds though.
Noelegy
One of my best friends in high school played contrabass clarinet. Not only was it an awesome-sounding instrument, he had to sit on two or three chairs stacked together to get himself to the proper height. 
Allen Garvin
I like the recorder. I’ve played a few F contras, both Renaissance and modern, but they’re a few feet shorter than that, which I assume is a 5th below the lowest I’ve played. Kung makes a great contra F that’s about 7 feet tall, with plenty of keywork that ensures that even someone with small hands can get the reach. I’m partial to the historical models, though their ranges are rarely more than an octave and a 4th.
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